PA to the Associate Dean for Student Experience and Department Secretary

Location: Milton Keynes

Terms:  12-month Fixed Term Contract, part time 18.5 hours per week

Closing Date: 16 October 2023, 12 noon

Flexible working patterns will be considered. This role is part time, 18.5 hours per week and ideally this would be split across 4 days per week Monday -Friday Further details can be discussed during application and interview stage.

Change your career, change lives

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

The role

We are looking for a part-time PA to the Associate Dean for Student Experience and Department Secretary to provide a confidential personal assistant service to the Associate Dean for Student Experience and a secretarial service to the Student Experience Managers (SEMs).

The role holder will also ensure that tasks within the portfolio are completed professionally and to deadlines whilst also providing a more general secretarial support to other colleagues within the SEM team as agreed. 

The role holder will provide first class customer service to members of the Faculty by understanding their needs and finding solutions to their requirements and will also be part of a wider PA/Secretarial team and will be required to cover for the absences of team members in other departments.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to plan and prioritise your work whilst having competing priorities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across the department.
• Excellent IT skills across all Microsoft Office applications.

Further details can be found within the Job Description.

If you would like to discuss the application or recruitment process before making an application, please contact Emma Jones at Resourcing Hub on 01908 655544 or resourcing-hub@open.ac.uk quoting the reference VRF 21201.

What you get in return

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

Assessment – in addition to the interview, there will be an on the day task as a part of the assessment process for those candidates selected for interview. Details to be made available following shortlisting.

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