Senior Project Administrator

An exciting opportunity to broaden your horizons and learn skills in a successful environment.  

The Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine are seeking a Senior Project Administrator to join the Faculty Operating Service.  Based in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Highfield, you will make an important contribution to the Transformative Imaging for Quantitative Biology (TIQBio) Partnership and Holistic Optical Biomarkers for Early Differential Dementia Diagnosis (HOpE) programme, supporting the Principal Investigators and project teams and responsible for the administrative and financial operations.  Successful applicants will be experienced, motivated, enthusiastic, and proactive team players who are culturally sensitive and are able to work effectively in a flexible and collaborative environment. 

Ranked in the global top 100 and a founding member of the Russell Group, the University of Southampton is a world-leading, research-intensive university.  We are proud of our strong educational offering, our award winning research and our global reputation for innovation and enterprise. 

The Faculty Operating Service (FOS) works in partnership with the academic community, other professional services and the wider University community to support Faculties across the triple helix of education, research and enterprise and achieve ground breaking research, and delivery of an outstanding student experience.   The FOS team is the integral and embedded professional service directly involved in running and maintaining the Faculty and are key to driving continual improvements and ensuring best practice. 

Chemistry at Southampton is proud to be impacting the way that the world and society works through the excellence of our research, the strength of our teaching and our entrepreneurial outlook.  Sustainability is at the centre of what we do, from tackling untreatable diseases to creating renewable energy resources.

As a member of our busy and engaged administrative team, you will deliver a thoughtful, pro-active, and efficient service.  To be successful in this role you will have:

• Relevant experience and success in similar work in administration 
• Up-to-date MS Office skills, including Outlook, Excel, Word, Sharepoint
• Ability to independently organise activities and events (plus schedules, diaries, meeting arrangements, etc), whilst prioritising a conflicting workload 
• Ability to use own initiative and suggest and implement practical and effective solutions, providing high level strategic support to senior managers
• Attention to detail and good written and verbal communication skills 

The University offers a generous holiday allowance and additional University closure days, with pension scheme membership, subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts. Our excellent family leave arrangements include maternity, paternity, adoption and parental.  Our flexible working practices include a hybrid working model, by agreement and aligned to local business needs.  

As a University we aim to create a sustainable and inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive, evidenced by our Athena SWAN silver award.  We believe equality and diversity are fundamental to making the University a vibrant, proud and successful organisation and we welcome applications from candidates who will join us in supporting this commitment. 

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact rosalind.mizen@soton.ac.uk

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