Executive Assistant and Project Officer

FTE: 1 FTE (working 37 hours per week)

Salary: UH6 £31,396 pa to £33,966 pa with potential to progress to £37,099 pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: De Havilland Campus, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire 

Main duties and responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Project Officer and Executive Assistant to the Director of Research and Enterprise Services. The post holder will undertake a range of key activities such as diary management, meeting servicing, and general administrative tasks, as well as taking decisions and actions on behalf of the Director. You will plan workloads, support the implementation of new processes, manage diary commitments and deal with correspondence relating to the Director’s responsibilities in the leadership and management of the newly formed Research and Enterprise Services Dept (RES). This will involve working closely with senior managers across and outside the University, including government agencies, sector bodies and external contacts. You will also draft reports on behalf of RES, initiate responses or respond to correspondence to personal and telephone enquiries from staff at all levels and senior external contacts. 

Skills and experience required

You will have evidence of prior experience in clerking, servicing meetings and committees at the highest level of an organisation and significant experience in a range of administrative roles supporting executive level managers. Extensive administrative experience in a complex and dynamic organisation and the ability to interact and communicate effectively with a wide range of people at all levels is essential. The successful candidate should be able to evidence recent project management experience and contributions to large scale/complex projects. You will be a professional self-starter wo can use their own initiative and have excellent communication skills (written format and oral communication skills) and interpersonal skills as well as excellent organisation, planning and administrative skills, with close attention to detail.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with a minimum of an undergraduate degree or equivalent, or substantial proven experience. 

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Peter Gooden, Director of Research and Enterprise Services, p.gooden@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date: 15 September 2024

Interview Date: TBC

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts

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