Fixed Term contract – 31 July 2025
Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.
Background
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual looking for a role within the university sector, by joining the Faculty Executive Services team.
The Faculty Executive Services Officer will be part of the busy faculty executive services team that works with a multifaceted and complex faculty delivering a range of programmes across multiple sites and at different academic levels. We require a highly organised, tenacious and capable individual who is able to work on their own initiative. The role holder will be part of a broader support team that will enable continuity of cover across our senior management team, including the Dean and Heads of Schools.
This opportunity will suit a candidate who enjoys a varied role, with a wide range of administrative tasks, and provides high-quality administrative support for the faculty and school executive members. The primary focus will be supporting executive school and faculty members in arranging meetings and diary support, bringing forward papers, sense-checking and editing documents, uploading data onto data systems, and administering some delegated internal system functions, along with other duties as required.
The role holder will provide support and signpost colleagues in the faculty and school, alongside other stakeholders, to advice and guidance relating to a breadth of services from across the university as appropriate. The post holder will also be expected to liaise and work closely with internal and external stakeholders regularly.
Who are we looking for?
You will be educated to GCSE standard or an equivalent with experience of working to tight deadlines/competing priorities. You must demonstrate communication skills with a broad range of stakeholder groups. Well-developed skills in Microsoft Office programmes are essential.
How to Apply
Start Date for Applications: Friday 13th January 2025
Closing date for applications: Monday 6th January 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 15th January 2025
Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.
This is a full-time role; however, there may be some opportunity for flexibility in hours, which can be discussed, along with any other information regarding the post, with Claire Taylor, Faculty Executive Services Manager via email at claire.taylor@canterbury.ac.uk.
The recruitment process will consist of a face-to-face interview.
Additional Information
Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU.
Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.
Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/most recent line manager.
Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.
Reference: REQ05421
Posted on: 2024-12-13 12:06:04
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