Personal Assistant to the School Executive Board

Job description:

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Personal Assistant to provide comprehensive, high-level administrative support to the School Directors of Research & Innovation, Education and One University, collectively forming the School Executive Board.

This is a pivotal role requiring discretion, excellent communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced academic environment.

We are looking for someone with proven experience in an administrative or personal assistant role, ideally gained within a higher education or similarly complex organisational setting. You will be flexible and adaptable, with excellent IT skills and confidence in using a range of digital tools; experience of working with AI-enabled tools is highly desirable.

This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of the School’s strategic leadership. With opportunities for professional development in a supportive and collaborative working environment.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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