Research Administrator CoSTAR Foresight Lab

Job Details

Job title Research Administrator CoSTAR Foresight Lab

Job reference REQ260727

Date posted 02/10/2026

Application closing date 25/10/2026

Location London

Package Administrative Services grade 5 from 29588 to 34610 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.

London Weighting Allowance 3,656 per annum (pro-rata)

Job description

Loughborough University London

Part Time (18.5 hours per week), Fixed Term

We're looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Research Administrator to join the CoSTAR Foresight Lab Policy Team at Loughborough University London.

This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of creative industries, emerging technologies, research, and policy, supporting a nationally significant programme that is helping to understand how cutting-edge technologies are transforming the UK's creative economy. The role sits within the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, part of a major UK-wide network bringing together leading universities, industry partners, policymakers and innovators to drive the future of screen, performance and creative technology.

Working as part of a small, ambitious and collaborative team, you'll play a central role in keeping our research and engagement activities running smoothly. One day you might be coordinating a high-profile policy event, managing stakeholder communications and supporting senior academics; the next you could be helping with research mapping, desk-based analysis, or maintaining intelligence on developments across the CoSTAR network.

This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys variety, thrives on supporting complex, multi-institution partnerships, and is excited by the opportunity to contribute to work that influences the future direction of creative technologies and innovation policy in the UK.

Based at the dynamic Loughborough London campus in the heart of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, you'll benefit from hybrid working and become part of a vibrant community of researchers, practitioners and industry leaders.

Here s more about the role and what we re looking for:

As a key member of the CoSTAR Foresight Lab Policy team, you'll help connect research, policy and industry by supporting a wide range of activities that underpin the success of the CoSTAR Foresight Lab. From supporting with the administration of influential events and seminars to coordinating research activity across a UK-wide network of partners, you'll play a central role in an ambitious programme shaping the future of creative technology.

You'll work closely with researchers, policymakers, industry experts and senior stakeholders, helping to manage communications, coordinate projects, organise meetings and events, and support research and policy development. Alongside day-to-day administration, you'll contribute to research mapping and desk-based research, giving you a unique opportunity to gain insight into some of the most exciting developments in creative media technologies and innovation policy.

We're looking for someone who is highly organised, proactive and curious. You'll enjoy managing multiple priorities, building relationships with different stakeholders and taking ownership of your work. Most importantly, you'll be excited by the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where your contribution helps support research and policy activities with real-world impact.

About the CoSTAR Foresight Lab and the Policy team:

Convergent Screen Technologies and Performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) is a network infrastructure designed to drive innovation in emerging technologies across screen and performance. Supported by UK Research and Innovation through the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the CoSTAR network is formed of five labs, based across the UK and bringing together a diverse range of partners across academia and the creative industries.

The CoSTAR Foresight Lab delivers a robust programme to address the acknowledged gaps in understanding how creative businesses are deploying these advanced creative media technologies, and the impacts of these deployments. Led by Goldsmiths, in collaboration with Edinburgh and Loughborough Universities and the BFI, the Foresight Lab will leverage an unrivalled team and network, comprising world-leading players in the creative technology R&D space from both academic institutions and industry, across the UK.

As a member of the CoSTAR Foresight Lab Policy Team, you will join an ambitious, collaborative group working at the cutting edge of creative technology and innovation policy. Through CoSTAR's extensive network, you'll have opportunities to engage with leading researchers, policymakers, creative businesses, technology innovators and cultural organisations from across the UK. Working alongside a diverse community of experts and practitioners, you'll be part of a programme with genuine national reach and impact.

If this sounds like the right place, team and role for you please do get in touch. Informal enquiries should be directed to Graham Hitchen, via email to g.hitchen@lboro.ac.uk.

For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Application Process

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We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process. If there are additional adjustments you d like to request please contact Graham Hitchen, via email to g.hitchen@lboro.ac.uk. We also offer reasonable adjustments for the role itself.

Closing Date

: 25 October 2026

Interview Date

: Monday 2nd and/or Wednesday 4th November

Our Benefits

At Loughborough, our benefits are designed to support your life inside and outside of work, helping you to thrive and feel valued as part of our community. Examples of our benefits include:

• Time off

• generous holiday allowance, including 14 university closure days and bank holidays, with the option to buy extra through our holiday purchase scheme.

• Where you work

• hybrid working, based at our London campus, located in the heart of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with further access to universities across the CoSTAR Foresight Lab network and across our 523-acre East Midlands campus.

• Financial Wellbeing

• competitive pay, two excellent pension schemes, and everyday savings opportunities.

• Support for you and those close to you

• through our range of life event leave policies as well as access to an on-site nursery at our East Midlands campus, flexible and hybrid working options.

• Health and Wellbeing

• discounted gym memberships and access to world-class sporting facilities, including physiotherapy, plus healthcare offers such as eyesight testing and wellbeing support.

• Travel and sustainability

• access to our electric vehicle and cycle-to-work schemes, as well as a variety of travel offers to support sustainable commuting.

Discover more about the full range of rewards and benefits at Loughborough University.

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