Hub Research Administrator

Contract type: Open ended

Work hours: 28.0 hours per week

The role

We are looking for a well-organised, confident and proactive administrator with experience of executive support, events management and social communications to support the Academic Director and Manager for a new Research Hub.

This role is part of the Faculty of Engineering’s Research Support Network which sits within the Industrial Liaison Office. This connects you with around 55 research professional staff in similar roles and provides support and a team environment.

What will you be doing?

• Organise, promote and deliver a range of internal and external events.
• Provide general administrative support - managing mailing lists, purchasing, booking travel and hotels, and supporting the Director and Hub Manager with recruitment and adhoc tasks.
• Support management and Hub meetings – managing diaries, setting up meetings, minuting and updating actions.
• Assist with financial tasks.
• Lead on maintaining relevant websites, SharePoint Sites, social media accounts and newsletters.  
• Design and prepare a range of documents and publicity material.

You should apply if

• You are enthusiastic and self-motivated, looking for an opportunity to combine an administrative role with events organising and communications. 
• You have excellent organisational skills along with flexibility and initiative and an ability to prioritise your workload.
• You can build effective and collaborative working relationships with colleagues at all levels of seniority, including from other organisations.
• You have event management experience.

For a full view of our requirements, please refer to the Job Description attached below.

Additional information

For informal queries please contact Katharine Blackwell (Katharine.Blackwell@bristol.ac.uk).

To find out more about what it's like to work in the Faculty of Engineering, and how the Faculty supports people to achieve their potential, please see our staff blog:

engineeringincludesme.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

Interviews are anticipated to be held on 17^th April 2024.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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