Administrative Assistant

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Are you an experienced administrator with an understanding of, and interest in, working within a diverse international environment?

Joining the busy administration team within the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University, you will provide a first class clerical support service to members of the school.

You will be adept at thinking on your feet, working pro-actively and putting to use your strong customer service and IT skills. Within this role, you will work alongside the Receptionist & Clerical Assistant to ensure day-to-date administration tasks are carried out in a timely fashion.

As Administrative Assistant you will:

• Provide efficient and highly effective administration support to the School.
• Manage the diary of the Head of School and School Administration Manager
• Arrange events and travel bookings.
• Prepare correspondence to send to internal stakeholders, external visitors and guests.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A level or equivalent experience
• Proven experience of working in a high-level secretarial or clerical role where excellent communication skills are essential
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Ability to set up and maintain efficient and effective administrative processes and filing systems

School of Anthropology and Conservation

The School has strong student satisfaction rating: 100% of conservation undergraduate students are satisfied with quality of their course (NSS 2016) and 100% of postgraduate taught students are satisfied with the quality of their course (Postgraduate Taught Survey, 2016). Student tariffs for the BSc degree are currently at ABB. SAC research was rated as world-leading and of international quality by the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise. Our research areas aim to cultivate a dynamic research culture which increases the reach of our expertise, releases staff to conduct fieldwork, encourages collaboration, supports grant funding applications and provides training and support for new researchers.

The School provides excellent research training, offering PhD programmes in Anthropology, Ethnobiology and Biodiversity Management as well as research-based MA, MSc and MPhil opportunities.

Further Information

Closing date for applications: 10 September 2017

Interviews are to be held: 20 September 2017

Please click on the apply button below to view the full job description and also to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process please contact The Resourcing Team on [email protected] quoting ref number: SS1262

Please note - applications must be made via the University’s online application system. CVs or details sent directly to the department or via email cannot be considered.

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