Business Support Officer

1 month ago

Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom Anglia Ruskin University Full time

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrator to join our team. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a solid administrative background, meticulous approach and exceptional organisation skills, with a solution focused mindset to meet stakeholder requirements.

Outstanding interpersonal and diplomatic skills are essential as you will interact with individuals at all levels, both internally and externally, providing administrative support to the Faculty's Executive Team and our strategic priorities within the Dean's Office Team.

You will have previous experience of managing administrative responsibilities independently and using your own initiative, meeting tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy. You will be flexible and adaptable and able to work effectively with other members of the team. You will also have experience of acting as secretary of various committees. Knowledge of supporting the management of academic offence investigations would be advantageous. Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will be IT literate with sound knowledge of Microsoft Office.

The successful candidate will have a commitment to maintain and enhance the high standards of customer care within the Faculty.

Informal enquiries can be made to: Iliana Calambokis, Deans Office Manager, at or Paul Trevilian, Deputy Head of Faculty Operations at

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please click the Apply button to download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.

£29,605 to £34,980 per annum

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