Research ethics administrator

Role Description

Department

Staff and students in the Faculty of Social Sciences collaborate across disciplines to achieve social change for public good. In the face of deep, urgent societal challenges, social science education and research plays a critical role in helping us to identify key societal challenges and find lasting solutions.

York is the world's first Human Rights City and we share its commitment to building a fairer, more sustainable and empowered society. We work with policymakers, businesses and NGOs at a local, national and international level to ensure our research has real-world impact.

As a faculty, we are dedicated to championing equality, diversity and inclusion and all of our departments hold either a bronze or silver Athena Swan award. With a human-led approach, we examine today's world to ensure we have the right tools to shape a better tomorrow.

Role

This is a new role to support the work of the newly formed Faculty of Social Sciences Ethics Committee, who will provide effective and efficient research governance for the School for Business and Society and the departments of Economics and Related Studies, Politics and International Relations, Sociology and York Law School.

They will be responsible for providing professional services support to enable the smooth functioning of the committee, and explore ways to ensure the continuous improvement of the committee’s working practices. This will involve support for administrative processes to manage the process of staff applying for ethical approval, including providing guidance for staff on how to apply, sharing applications out for review and dealing with day to day queries.

The role will be line managed by the Head of Faculty Research Operations (Social Sciences) Sciences), with a dotted line to the Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences ethics committee.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Coordinating the submission, checking, tracking, and review of research ethics applications from staff and PGR students, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all ethical reviews and preparing reports as required.

• Acting as committee secretary for the Faculty Research Ethics Committee, providing professional administrative support including scheduling meetings, preparing papers, and ensuring decisions are communicated effectively.

• Providing advice and guidance to researchers (staff and students) on all aspects of research ethics, helping researchers understand and apply university policies and procedures.

• Liaising with researchers regarding their applications, approvals, amendments, and any post-approval actions.

• Use digital solutions effectively to manage the administrative processes, using initiative to identify improvements.

• Work collaboratively to ensure adequate cover for colleagues in the Faculty of Social Sciences during workload peaks and absences.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Ed Kirby at ed.kirby@york.ac.uk.

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork