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London, Greater London (Hybrid)
£29,672 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

About the role

You’ll provide full professional business support to our Research directorate. You’ll ensure high quality administration across a broad range of tasks and liaise with various stakeholders across the charity. 

You’ll work with colleagues across the business support team to improve our processes and the technology we use to manage our information, team and projects to become more efficient and collaborative

What you'll do

  • Provide administrative and practical support, acting as the first point of contact as and when required, responding to common queries or signposting as appropriate 

  • Coordinate team meetings, circulate agendas and make meeting notes 

  • Provide support with financial administration tasks such as submitting expense claims, raising purchase orders, processing  invoices and responding to requests as needed 

  • Engage, influence and update a variety of stakeholders at all levels across and at cross-directorate meetings as required 

  • Support Research Leadership Team and Directorate Team meetings,  with agendas and minutes, actions are followed up, and decisions implemented

What you'll bring

  • Have a broad understanding of scientific research through a degree or working in a research oriented organisation 

  • Experience of team administration or supporting a senior executive 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate when required at all levels internally and externally

  • Excellent administration skills, including minute-taking, presentation preparation and a positive, assertive and resilient approach to prioritising and juggling varying pressures and conflicting priorities 

  • Experience in coordinating multiple projects simultaneously that meet the business requirements with minimal supervision 

  • Experience of developing and maintaining effective working relationships with senior stakeholders

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, and we would love you to join us!

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

Interviews for this role will be held on 04 or 09 February 2026, in person at our London office

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

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Parkinson's UK View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

We exist to make every day better, for everybody living with Parkinson’s. Right now.

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Posted on: 19 January 2026
Closing date: 01 February 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Administration, Finance, Project Management, Health / Medical, Research, Science