Manages Imperial's Research Third Parties Due Diligence Process

As a Research Coordinator at the Institute for Global Health, Mary is responsible for large research grants including funding from the Big Lottery Fund, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Department for International Development, the European Commission, and the Wellcome Trust. Mary manages all research administration activities during the research project cycle from pre-award through to post-award stage with regard to administrative responsibilities to donors, UCL, collaborative partners and local and overseas field research staff. Responsible for line managing a Research Grants Assistant and working closely with the Departmental Administrator, in complementary roles, in order to deliver the educational and research outputs of the department. Assist Head of Unit in planning the expansion of research activities including researching funding opportunities, human resource requirements, and assessing financial commitments and requirements. Liaise with UCL Research Services in respect of the setting up and subsequent administration of research grants.Write non-technical bid components (budgets, background and existing projects) of research applications and collating and editing technical contributions, specifically prepare staffing costs and other financial and budgetary information in support of grant applications (liaising with R&D) using the university’s electronic salary costing tool (pFACT) and appropriate templates with the correct overhead rates built in.Take part in teleconference calls, project meetings as necessary and provide committee support to these meetings including circulating papers and minute taking as necessary;Recruitment and selection of new/replacement staff Managing, monitoring, and reporting on project finances, including quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports to donors.Work closely with finance and administrative staff of overseas partners and providing support with their grant management policies.

Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory, Tools and Technology (TACT3) Project is a large multi-centre project funded by the cross-council New Dynamics of Ageing Programme (NDA) and is administered by the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) involving six UK universities, nine-third sector partners. Brunel University is the lead institution. • Responsible at ensuring smooth running of the project’s administrative activities. • Facilitated contact with partners and collaborators to ensure timely receipt of reports and deliverables. • Kept records of project activities; arrange and minute project meetings and focus groups; deal with day-to-day correspondence; produce quarterly newsletter; and oversee expenditure and financial reporting of partners • Organised community research fair, project workshops, events. • Responded to enquiries about the project from academics, partner organisations and interested parties (eg potential volunteers), face-to-face, by telephone, by e-mail and in writing. • Responsible at procuring goods and services using the university’s credit card and BluQube financial management system.

Enabling Bio-Innovation for Poverty Alleviation in Asia is an Asia-wide competitive research grants awarding programme supported by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) based in Thailand. • Responsible at managing and coordinating all administrative project-related activities, including report writing and direct liaison with donor. • Planned and organised project meetings, workshops and coordinated calls for proposals. • Direct liaison with project sponsor, applicants and successful grant awardees. • Layout design and updating of project website. • Financial and budget management of the whole project and grant awards. • Procurement of goods, equipment and services.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an international institution for higher education in engineering, advanced technologies, and management. • Provided administrative coordination and support to the Vice President for Research, Deans, Faculty and Staff of the institute in all aspects related to the conduct of externally sponsored research projects. • Kept records of all sponsored projects of the institute both online and paper copies. • Managed expenditures and incomes of sponsored projects against budgets (using Oracle’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software). • Member of the AIT’s 50th Anniversary Task Force (minute meetings; report preparation) and organised institute-wide thesis competitions and lectures.

• Organised an Asia-wide workshop on ‘Integrated Policies for Bio-innovations in Agriculture and Health in Asia” funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). • Organised lectures and laboratory training workshop entitled “Training on Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified (GM) Foods funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). • Developed a project proposal on Food Safety and Traceability for funding to the European Commission and prepared conference/workshop presentations and papers related to Food Safety, Supply Chain Management, and other related topics. • Assisted in the workshop preparation and activities and compiled literatures related to climate change and sustainable development;• Edited manuscripts for publication submission; prepared publication drafts; and performed administrative duties

Project title: Rapid assessment of quality of sashimi grade tuna.• Department of Agriculture Philippines funded project and implemented at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of the Philippines. • Conducted field-testing and laboratory biochemical analysis of Tuna exported as ‘sashimi’ grade from Gen. Santos City in the southern Philippines to Japan. • Presented scientific findings to technical workshops organised by the Philippine government.