Centre Manager / PA to Centre Lead

About the Role

We seek a Centre Manager to provide administrative and secretarial support to the Centre Lead, and other members of staff within the Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology, to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day activities to include aspects of administration from financial to human resources.

About You

The successful candidate will join a 60-strong research team of scientists and clinicians dedicated to Inflammation and Rheumatology Research. The Centre offers newly refurbished offices and laboratories, cutting edge facilities and is located in the heart of the City of London in close proximity to the Barbican Arts and Music Centre.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Centre is integrated with the Department of Rheumatology and part of the world-renowned William Harvey Research Institute (WHRI). In UK Research Assessment Exercise in 2008 65% of WHRI faculty were rated as world leading or internationally excellent and our Medical School was ranked amongst the top 5 in the UK (www.smd.qmul.ac.uk).

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.

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 Charterhouse Square Campus in London. It is full time (35 hours per week), 12 months – adoption cover. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £42,405 - £49,785 per annum 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.  

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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