Faculty Executive Support Officer

The Greenwich Business School is seeking to recruit a full-time Executive Support Officer on a permanent basis to provide a high standard of administrative and executive support to the Greenwich Business Faculty Leadership Team (PVC/FOO/Deputy Dean/ Associate Dean/Directors/Heads of Department/School). This includes diary management, committee servicing, supporting annual-faculty related projects and activities as well as supporting academic recruitment processes. 

This is a key customer care role requiring a caring and empathetic attitude towards staff at all levels of seniority. The successful candidate will be supporting the Faculty Leadership Team and will be required to have experience in similar roles. 

This staff facing role combines the need for excellent administrative skills, executive support experience, diary management, an organised approach, confidentiality, attention to detail, and the ability to develop good relationships with university students and staff. 

Important application information: 

Please note candidates who are successful at shortlisting will be required to undertake a remote screening call, following which successful candidates will be invited for the final stage of interviews.

Greenwich Business School is one of four faculties at the University of Greenwich and provides a wide range or postgraduate and undergraduate programmes.  

The post-holder must be able to work as part of a team to ensure that the wider administrative tasks within the Greenwich Business School are achieved. 

The successful candidate must hold a Degree or professional qualification and/or extensive relevant administrative experience. 

The Greenwich Business School is located on the Greenwich Maritime Campus, a UNESCO world heritage site.  We seek to recruit a colleague willing to work with a diverse group of students and academic staff. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact:

Jess King, Senior Executive Support Officer on j.l.king@greenwich.ac.uk  

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team on peopleoperationsadmin@greenwich.ac.uk 

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: 

Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich 

and information on the university’s working principles: 

Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich 

We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.  

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.  

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management. 

Further details: Job Description & Person Specification

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