EU Research Coordinator
Department: Faculty of Social Sciences
Salary: £38,448 - £46,970 per year
Grade: Grade 6
Contract status: Fixed term
Hours of work: Full-time
Based at: University of York campus (with some remote working options available)
Interview date: To be confirmed
Posted Date: 13/11/2026
Apply by: 06/12/2026
Role Description
Department
The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of York is making a strategic investment to enhance EU research income and support our academic departments in pursuing Horizon Europe and other major funding streams.
The Faculty's end-to-end research support team provides unified operational service across pre-award, post-award, and research environment & development to enable high-impact, interdisciplinary research.
Role
The EU Research Coordinator will provide specialist support on EU research funding to enable academic staff in the Faculty of Social Sciences to develop and submit competitive funding applications. Focusing primarily on research development for new bids, particularly across Horizon Europe, the postholder will also manage the full pre-award process and ensure compliance with funder expectations.
The key responsibilities include horizon scanning for funding opportunities, advising on proposal structure and non-technical content, coordinating consortiums, and managing pre-award costings and internal approvals. Additionally, the role holder will support the development of Faculty research themes and build shared resources to enhance EU research income and grant capture across departments.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
- Knowledge of higher education research, including the funding landscape
- Good knowledge of EU research funding programmes
- Experience in supporting the development, preparation and submission of research funding applications, including for EU research funding
- Excellent numeracy skills, competent working with complex project budgets, demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
- Able to effectively organise and prioritise work and follow procedures in order to produce work to a high standard to required deadlines
- Proactive approach to solving complex problems, including resolving issues escalated from the team
- Level 3 qualification (e.g., A levels) or equivalent professional experience.
See the job description for full details.
Interview date: To be confirmed
For informal enquiries: please contact Nicola Moody on (nicola.moody@york.ac.uk), Team Leader, Research Environment and Development & Pre-Award or Ed Kirby (ed.kirby@york.ac.uk), Head of Faculty Research Operations (Social Sciences).
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