Administrative Assistant (SPHERE)

School of Public Health Environments at Exeter (SPHERE), Public Health and Sport Sciences

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

This full-time post is available immediately on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2027 with flexibility in working hours and hybrid working.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

Summary of the role
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to provide professional services support across the SPHERE team, including supporting a number of funded research projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly interdisciplinary collection of researchers from across the breadth of the University’s structure, drawing on experts from all three University of Exeter Faculties and all four campuses. The School of Public Health Environments at Exeter (SPHERE) is the University of Exeter’s membership of the prestigious National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR), a consortium of leading academic centres in public health.

You will be the first point of contact for external enquiries for both teams and will understand the elements required for seamless research project support. You will also work with colleagues in the wider SPHERE team and be enthusiastic about developing and maintaining a gold standard administrative service.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 Days leave per year.
• Options for flexible working.
• Onsite gyms and a cycle to work scheme.
• Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26wks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6wks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
• Stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England.

Further information
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Emma McFadyen, E.McFadyen@exeter.ac.uk.

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