Administrative Research Officer
About The Position
An exciting opportunity is available to join the Stamatakis Group, a world-leading, translational research program advancing how movement, sleep and everyday behaviours shape cardiovascular, brain and mental health. Based at BrainPark, this role places you at the heart of innovative research focussed on real-world solutions for preventing and managing chronic disease. You’ll work to support internationally recognised researchers, contributing across the full research lifecycle, from study design and ethics approval through to data analysis, manuscript submission and stakeholder engagement. As a Research Officer, you’ll play a central, hands-on role in projects that integrate wearable technologies, digital health platforms and advanced analytics, including AI. You’ll help a team to translate complex data into meaningful health insights, support high-quality publications and grant proposals, and ensure smooth day-to-day research operations. Executive support duties will include meeting coordination, diary management, correspondence, travel, report preparation, and general administrative support.
Requirements
- Strong organisational, administrative, and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Genuine interest in lifestyle, behavioural or health research
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Strong calendar and task management abilities
- Capacity to support academic leaders
- Flexibility to move between research and executive administration tasks
Nice To Haves
- Experience in research administration and/or executive administration
- Experience with data handling
- Experience with wearable technologies
- Curiosity
- Initiative
- Collaborative mindset
Responsibilities
- Coordinating research projects, participant recruitment and data collection
- Managing wearable devices and digital health platforms
- Supporting ethics, governance, grants and financial administration
- Contributing to manuscripts, figures and journal submissions
- Driving continuous improvement and adoption of AI productivity tools by the rest of the research team
- Supporting research students and fostering collaborative research culture
- Executive assistance to Research Directors
- Administration across both research and operational tasks
- Support day to day administration and follow-up actions
- Coordinate travel, expenses, and purchasing
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Support for parents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
