Enterprise Assistant
PR, Marketing, Sales and Communication,Student Services
Short info about job
Company: University of Essex
Department: Academic Section - Employability and Careers
Salary: £21,585 to £24,983 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: Part Time
Contract type: Permanent
Type / Role: Clerical
Phone: +44-1293 2560882
Fax: +44-1237 2205749
E-mail: N\A
Site: N\A
Detail information about job Enterprise Assistant. Terms and conditions vacancy
Employability and Careers Centre
We offer friendly, professional support and one-to-one advice to students and Essex graduates. We aim to help in enhancing employability, directing students to exciting opportunities to develop their skills, improve their CV and gain valuable experience.
The role and duties
A highly motivated professional with a genuine interest and experience in/with start-ups is sought for the role of Enterprise Assistant to join our award winning Employability and Careers Centre (E&CC) at an exciting time of change and of strategic employability and enterprise developments within the University.
The Enterprise Assistant will support the Enterprise Officer in marketing, planning and delivering enterprise activities. You will also work closely with the Enterprise Project Officer (Graduate Intern) and contribute to their training.
This post is a permanent role offered on a part time basis of 4 days per week, starting as soon as possible.
Qualifications and skills required
You will have a genuine interest in start-ups or have even started your own business. You will have experience of organising events and are willing to take on full responsibility for projects.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work on your own initiative in order to self-generate and contribute to new ideas for continuous improvement of the service. A good level of IT literacy and the ability to use all major software packages including Microsoft Office are also essential.
In this role you will work with students that will be in any phase of their start-up journey (idea stage or already established) and support them with their needs and questions. Therefore you need a good understanding of business start-up.
At the University of Essex internationalism is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally-oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries and a university where you can find the world in one place.
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