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Permanent, full time
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a professional, highly organised and customer-focused administrator to join Huddersfield Business School to work as part of a small team providing a comprehensive and responsive administrative and secretarial support service to academic staff within the School, including members of the School Management Team and Research Centre Directors.
This is a busy and varied role requiring a meticulous attention to detail and an ability to multi-task to ensure that all tasks are executed effectively to the highest of standards. The successful applicant will have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and take pride in providing a service that exceeds expectations.
Key duties include:
- Supporting the School's research and innovation agenda through the provision of administrative and secretarial support for academic staff in their research and scholarly activities and associated duties. This might include: co-ordination and servicing of meetings and appointments; typing and formatting documents and presentations; drafting of routine responses to correspondence; and, updating content on the VLE.
- The provision of a front-line initial response and information service for academic staff, and other stakeholders as appropriate, ensuring that matters are dealt with efficiently and effectively.
- Under the guidance of academic staff, undertaking/coordinating certain activities on their behalf e.g. information gathering, resolution of issues, and the initiation of cross-functional projects such as events.
Applicants will be able to satisfy all essential criteria detailed in the person specification.
Informal enquiries to: Lindsay Smith on +44 (0)1484 472580 or l.j.smith@hud.ac.uk
If you are currently registered as a full-time student at the University please note that you may only apply for part-time jobs of 15 hours or less per week.
For more information, please download the recruitment pack.