Elizabeth Rowlands

Date joined RBI and previous employment

Elizabeth joined RBI in September 2023. Before that, she worked in Aberystwyth University’s IBERS department as the main Receptionist from 2012 and then on to the Stores Administrator from 2018. 

Main responsibilities at previous employment

As the Stores Administrator, Elizabeth was responsible for the daily running operations of stores and a wide range of administrative tasks which included the processing of all IBERS invoices, maintenance of records relating to deliveries, receipts, and despatching of dangerous goods and the ordering of goods including consumables, chemicals, solvents, and perishables.

Education and work experience

Elizabeth grew up in Shropshire, then moved to Aberystwyth in her late teens where she finished her school education. She then gained various qualifications, which led to her working in the Service Sector for many years, she then went on to Assessor and Teach vocational education and running her own business.

Experience and knowledge

Elizabeth's knowledge and experience from her previous roles have given her the ability to demonstrate excellent communication, customer support and organisational skills and having knowledge from providing comprehensive administration support on WEFO and Innovate UK research projects, skills that are particularly useful for working within the Research Development Team.

Main responsibilities within RBI

Elizabeth is responsible for providing support to the Research Development Team. This involves working closely with all the RBI department pillars, researchers, and Research Finance Team, providing a proactive service to gather and collate relevant information to ensure proposals are processed on time and with accuracy. Processes and records funding proposals and awards on the University’s Research Management System (Worktribe), the Customer Relationship Management system (MS Dynamics) and the University finance system (ABW) and supports researcher enquiries related to the use of these systems.

Most enjoyable part of working at Aberystwyth University

Elizabeth is enjoying her new role, the varied and interesting workload and the new challenges and things to learn. Being part of a supportive team within RBI.