Procurement Administrative Assistant

Location: Avery Hill Campus

Closing Date: Sunday 19 February 2023

Interview Date: To be confirmed

The Role

We have a vacancy in our Faculty Finance Team. Our team provides a high standard of finance administrative support to all Faculty staff and our students ensuring the Faculty runs as financially efficient as possible within the budgets provided. The team is dedicated to delivering high-quality experiences to the Senior Management team, staff and students - from responding to queries, maintaining accurate financial records and processing expenses, requests and invoices in a timely manner. Successful applicants will be based on the Avery Hill Campus.

Your profile    

The role would suit applicants interested in developing a career in the Higher Education sector. You will work flexibly to support and assist across a range of faculty activities, contributing to a consistent, professional, and welcoming service and ensuring that administrative systems function effectively.

Good communication skills including a pleasant telephone manner are essential. You must be able to work accurately, be organised and prioritise your workload with minimal supervision. You will have strong IT skills and enjoy multi-tasking, having several projects on the go at any one time. MS Excel experience is a must. Experience of working in a higher education environment is desirable.

For informal enquiries regarding the role please contact Victoria Cappuccio, Faculty Contracts & Reporting Manager- V.Cappuccio@gre.ac.uk 

Should you have any recruitment-related queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team at hrsr-feh@gre.ac.uk 

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose their experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management. 

Further details:   

Job Description & Person Specification    

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

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