Details
1115321
UCL
03/08/2026
Other - See Job
Full-time; 36.5 hours per week
Not Applicable
Pay
£20.57
£3.85
Description
Role
This Research Assistant role works across both industry and academia offering an excellent development opportunity for those interested in project management and business analytics/AI in infrastructure. The successful candidate will get to apply their commercial, technical, project management and creative skills on a daily basis to a cutting edge innovative project that will shape the future of business operations, including project management, in professional service firms in construction. The working location will be at SRC offices: 30 Churchill Place, London, E14 5EU. Due to funding restrictions, the maximum full-time salary offered will be £39,807 per annum (including London Allowance) which is equivalent to UCL Grade 6, spinal point 26.
We are open to salary negotiations wherein the duration of the appointment is shortened to meet funding restrictions.
Duties and responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a relevant MSc degree (or near completion) in Business Analytics, Operations, Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Project Management or a closely related subject. The post holder will lead a cutting edge innovation project that will develop an AI and business analytics capability to enhance business operations within the context of a professional service firm, focusing on operational project management and business development. Based at SRC Infrastructure, a project delivery and engineering consultancy specialising in the development of infrastructure projects, the Research Assistant – KTP Finisher will engage with industry stakeholders to establish themselves as a thought leader in the field of leading professional service firms deliver infrastructure projects effectively and efficiently using business analytics/AI.
The objectives of the project are:
1: Operational Efficiency Improvement - targeting the development of the project management office (PMO), centralised data management, and workflow standardisation.
2: Business Development Enhancement - enhance proposal crafting process, highlight SRC's strengths, and fine-tune strategies to increase the firm's success rate in securing projects.
3: Performance Enhancement in Project Delivery - monitoring and enhancing project performance, detecting non-compliances, automating report writing processes, reducing redundancy and repetitiveness within the firm's project delivery processes.
A full JD can be seen here.
Skills and experience
Strong communication skills, a collaborative and self-motivated attitude, and good project management skills will ensure the Research Assistant fully enjoys the benefits of their unique position at the interface between industry and academia.
A background Business Analytics, Operations, Business Management, Industrial Engineering and Project Management, will enable the post-holder to take charge of this project.
Find out more about KTPs here: https://www.ktp-uk.org/graduates/
A full JD can be seen here.
Location
The working location will be at SRC offices: 30 Churchill Place, London, E14 5EU
Additional information
This job will close for applications at 11.59pm on Thursday July 23rd. Interviews will be held shortly after.
*Please note to be eligible to work within this role, you must have the right to work in the UK, be physically based in the UK and be able to travel to our London based office for a RTW check (if required).
*If you have a full-time contract of employment with UCL, you are not able to work through UCL Unitemps at the same time.
Unitemps reserves the right to close this advert for applications prior to the date specified above, if a high volume of suitable applications are received so pleased don't delay applying.
Unitemps payroll is monthly, one month in arrears, please see the payroll dates here.
A full JD can be seen here.
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