Faculty Support Officer, Arts and Humanities

About us

UCL Arts & Humanities is globally renowned for both our teaching and research excellence. Our subjects are ranked 6^th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 by Subject and joint 10^th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. For research, our disciplines were recognised as 6^th for Research Power in the recent Research Assessment Framework (2021) within the UK. We are known for our ethos of collaboration and innovation, as well as our commitment to the holistic development of our staff and students.    

About the role

The A&H Faculty Office is the administrative unit that sets and oversees strategic direction for the Faculty and its constituent departments as a coherent whole. It takes the lead for the Faculty on matters such as communications and marketing, and estates, and has oversight of the budget across the Faculty.

The role of Faculty Support Officer is a key post within the A&H Faculty Office Team, providing administrative support to those in senior leadership roles, in particular the Faculty Vice Deans.

The appointee will assume general and specific duties to progress the operational activities of the A&H Faculty Office. These duties include: providing dedicated operational support, including diary management, to assigned Faculty Vice Deans; arranging meetings and committee servicing for the Vice Deans and others at Faculty and School level; administrative support relating to events; financial processing such as for procurement, invoices and expenses and general office duties.

• This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.
• We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
• This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site.
• This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

About you

The successful candidate will be educated to A-level standard or equivalent. Applicants will be able to demonstrate good organisation skills, with an ability to manage their own variable workload, and be able to use their excellent interpersonal skills to interact effectively and regularly with a wide range of stakeholders. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, combined with excellent IT skills and experience of committee servicing and running events, are key requirements of the role.

Please click on ‘Apply’ to view the full advert and job description and person specification.

The closing date for this advert is Monday 23^rd September 23:59 BST.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits .

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We, therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

Read about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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