Grants Administrator

• Demonstrable experience of supporting businesses to benefit from development grants.
• Demonstrable Grant Administration in all aspects – pre and post award and subsequent reporting.
• Ability to build positive relationships with clients to identify and accelerate the development and growth of their businesses ideas
• Capability to organise and facilitate workshops and events
• Ability to apply knowledge to resolve complex problems and risks.
• Ability to understand, conceptualize and interpret the requirements of staff including senior management and the funder.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, presentational, verbal) at all levels.
• Ability to respond to changing priorities and different situations.
• Capability to complete reports/surveys/information etc., in support of the development and delivery of impact related activity.
• Demonstrable experience of reporting against KPI’s and in undertaking impact driven evaluation activity.
• Ability to summarise complex issues/concepts and present them appropriately for a range of audiences.
• Ability to plan, manage and prioritise own workload, respond to changing priorities and deliver innovative solutions to deadlines maintaining a consistently high standard of service and meeting client needs.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-functional team across partner organisations
• Good client relationship management and interpersonal skills and an ability to work closely with other people at all levels of seniority, both within and outside the University.
• Good communication skills: oral, written and presentational
• Understanding of the higher education research environment, its research functions and markets.
• Understanding of academic research and knowledge transfer practices, funding streams and motivations.

The Climate-KIC programme will support the delivery of a suite of programmes that aim to enable the realisation of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth through the development of innovative Low-Carbon products and processes.Promoted under the unified banner of the Energy Capital Climate-KIC Accelerator programme and managed as a block grant, its constituent elements include the Accelerator, Greenhouse and Pioneers into Practice initiatives.The programme will have a particular focus upon driving innovation within the Energy sector and aims to accelerate impact within the climate innovation space through collaborative research and development activity. This will be realised through the provision of targeted development support to Start-ups and Entrepreneurs and by coordinating activity that fosters relationships that spur collaboration between partners.

The Grants Administrator (Climate-KIC) will support the development and risk management of research- focused business collaborative projects funded via Climate-KIC. The support provided will encompass the full grant life-cycle including working with the Programme Lead (Climate-KIC) to support applicants to apply for funding, through post award and to final financial reporting and submitting claims. They will also work with the Programme Lead (Climate-KIC) to ensure funds are administered in line with the University’s procedures whilst also ensuring compliance with Climate-KIC/EIT funding guidelines.

This will require the development and use of appropriate financial monitoring and reporting systems to produce reports for both internal and external purposes.In addition, they will also support the production of financial management reports as necessary for both internal and external purposes.The Post Holder will work with academic researchers, Research Development Managers and Business Engagement Managers in project development, post-award management and identifying and disseminating funding opportunities.In addition, the Post Holder will work to develop and maintain proposal development, project information and promotional and in-depth case studies (including webpages).