SPCS Business Administration Apprentice

About the Role

The post holder will provide effective, efficient support, with guidance, and will cover for School Executive Assistant in their absence. You will assist with delivering a comprehensive administrative service for operations activities within the School (including recruitment, procurement, website and intranet updates, hospitality, travel and accommodation bookings) and will act as PA to the Heads of Department.

About the Apprenticeship

You will be enrolled with a training provider and spend 6 hours a week of your employed time completing learning and development activities towards the achievement of the Business Administrator Level 3 apprenticeship.

About You

We are looking for people who are passionate about their own development, have a keen interest in administration, and are educated to GCSE or equivalent with a minimum of 9 – 4 / A* - C in English and Mathematics. If you already hold a qualification in the same subject at the same level or higher, you will not be eligible. Any other qualifications will be considered, and some additional eligibility criteria may apply.

Eligibility for Apprenticeship Training Funding is set by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and you must be able to confirm that you meet this. Please see https://www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/staff-apprenticeships/ for further information. If you require specific advice about your eligibility, please contact us.

About the School

The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences has two Departments, within which are individual Research Centres and groups. These core research facilities offer a wide range of analytical and other research services for staff, students and external clients.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers. We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is a full time (35 hours per week), fixed term appointment for 2 years. The starting salary will be Grade 2, in the range of £26,494 to £30,685 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Sri Kulandaivelu s.kulandaivelu@qmul.ac.uk

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is 10 October 2023.

Interviews will be held shortly thereafter.

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