Please note that this job is open only to current Cardiff University staff who are eligible for Redeployment. Internal Redeployment Only - Finance and Research Co-Ordinator, CARE Cardiff University School of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Finance and Research Co-Ordinator to work within the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) Research Centre that is located within the school. The post-holder will be responsible for enabling efficient, effective and accurate financial monitoring and forecasting, costing grant bids, output record keeping, and funder reporting for a large portfolio of research projects and programmes. You will establish, maintain and improve research coordination processes and systems, such as output data collation, management and analysis for reporting and impact. You will provide professional advice and guidance, working closely with Principal Investigators, Professional Service teams and external stakeholders as required. This post is full-time (35 hours per week), is fixed term until 31st March 2028 and is immediately available. Salary: £33,951 - £36,636 per annum (Grade 5), with annual increments up to final salary at top of grade. New appointments are usually made at the starting point of the salary scale. Responsible to Alexandra Williams, CARE Centre Manager For an informal discussion about the role please contact Alexandra williamsam9@cardiff.ac.uk Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 45 days annual leave (including bank holidays), blended working (meaning you will be able to work from home for some of your time), a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments up the pay scale, and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter. As the biggest university in Wales – and a major employer, with more than 7,000 staff – we are an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression. Closing date: Wednesday, 29 April 2026 Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. Key Duties Provide professional advice and guidance on research project finance, external research funding bids and research data coordination for reporting processes and procedures to internal and external customers, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate, and ensuring complex and conceptual issues are understood Investigate and analyse specific issues within centre and project finances, external research funding bids and with reporting data, creating recommendation reports, supported by advances within finance systems, data coordination systems and reporting processes Ensure that the provision of research project finance support for budgeting, support for external funding bids, and research data coordination for reporting is delivered to the Centre, proactively changing the delivery according to customer requirements Collaborate with others in order to make recommendations for developments of established processes and procedures Establish working relationships with key contacts, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required Create specific working groups from colleagues across the Centre and University to achieve Centre objectives Supervise specific project teams on an occasional basis to accomplish key objectives Develop and deliver training within research finance, external bids and research data coordination Undertake a variety of administrative duties to support the Centre and the CARE Professional Servies team Instruct and guide other employees across the Centre and University regarding research centre finance, external funding bids, data coordination and funder reporting as required General Duties Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role The Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) www.careresearchwales.org The Adult Social Care Research Centre (CARE), is a recently established research centre formed in partnership with the Centre for Trials Research. It brings together multi-disciplinary expertise from across the university, and fosters collaboration with experts elsewhere in the UK, external organisations and community groups, to develop cutting-edge research on adult social care, underpinned by substantial UK-level research funding. CARE aims to build on an existing track record of research on adult social care and the health-social care interface, from across Cardiff University. To ensure its work is relevant to the social care sector, CARE has a strategic advisory group of senior leaders and policy makers, and also has set up advisory panels of practitioners and people with lived experience of receiving social care services. The development of CARE is supported by the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), Exchange, and the Cardiff University schools of Social Sciences, Business, Healthcare Sciences, Law, Medicine, and Psychology. CARE also works with other research centres and groups across Cardiff University, and beyond. CARE offices are located in the university’s new sbarc | spark building. Sbarc | spark is the first social science research park in the world. Part of the university’s £300m Innovation Campus, this purpose-built facility co-locates world-leading social science researchers with organisations and representatives from the public, third and private sectors - some of which are focused on social care - all working together to address the major complex challenges facing societies. CARE’s home school is Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. The School is an inter-disciplinary centre of teaching and research. With strong links with the public and voluntary sectors, it seeks to lead on public and policy debates at international, national, and local levels and is renowned for its innovative scholarship across the social sciences and beyond. Further details of the School's activities may be found on our home page: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi Essential Criteria Degree/NVQ 4 or equivalent Professional membership/experience Substantial experience of managing project finance and coordinating data, with expertise in developing and using spreadsheets and databases effectively in this context. Ability to demonstrate and further develop professional knowledge of the research funding environment to provide advice and guidance to internal and external customers. Ability to set up, manage, review, adapt and improve systems, procedures and processes, in line with strategic plans and external requirements. Ability to communicate conceptually detailed and complex information effectively and professionally with a wide range of people, both orally and in writing. Evidence of ability to explore customers’ needs and adapt processes and service accordingly to ensure a quality service is delivered. Ability to develop relationships with other relevant individuals within an organisation and across external organisations to support research coordination. Evidence of ability to solve expansive problems using initiative and creativity; identifying and proposing practical solutions and resolving problems with range of potential outcomes. Evidence of excellence in team working and administration, with experience of undertaking and delivering specific projects and of overseeing short term project teams. Ability to work unsupervised to proactively manage your time effectively across multiple demands, planning and setting priorities, meeting external deadlines, working both independently and as part of a team. Desirable Criteria Experience of working within a higher education research centre environment. Evidence of advising on, developing and planning costings for grant applications and awards. Experience of adapting to and using external portals and systems Experience of mentorship, developing or supervising others. A willingness to undertake further training and development Fluency in Welsh, written and oral or willingness to learn IMPORTANT: Evidencing Criteria It is Cardiff University's policy to use the person specification as a key tool for shortlisting. Therefore, candidates must evidence they meet ALL the essential criteria and, where relevant, the desirable. As part of the application process, you are asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined in the person specification. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide for each criterion. When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure you name it with the vacancy reference number: XXXXBR. Your application will be at risk of not being progressed if you do not evidence you have met all essential criteria. The school welcomes the submission of CVs to accompany evidence of the job-based criteria. Please note that these are also the criteria shortlisted applicants will be assessed against at interview and/or by other means (e.g. a skills test).