Administrative Support Assistant

3 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds Full time

**Administrative Support Assistant**:
**Are you an experienced administrator, who is determined to deliver excellent service? Are you enthusiastic and highly organised with excellent interpersonal, organisational, communication and IT skills?**

We are looking for an accomplished and proactive administrator to provide efficient administration related to multiple aspects of the research activities of one of our research groups. As you will be working with a variety of colleagues including senior academics, external collaborators in industry and academia and graduate students, you must demonstrate a high level of personal responsibility and initiative in all areas of the role. You must also have the ability to deal with varied tasks, juggling priorities, and working under pressure to tight timescales.

You will have previous experience of working in a varied administrative role, along with excellent communication, IT skills (particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and a knowledge/ability to maximise usage of document management systems, ideally SharePoint), numeracy skills and a high level of attention to detail. You will also have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work independently and flexibly to effectively manage a varied workload to meet deadlines. In addition, you’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff and students across the School, the wider University and with external stakeholders.

This is a 40% FTE role and standard working hours will be by agreement with the Head of Soft Matter Physics, but will be between 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

**What we offer in return**
- 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That’s 42 days a year
- Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.
- Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more

**To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact**:
Professor Mike Ries, Head of Soft Matter Physics

**Location**:

- Leeds - Main Campus**Faculty/Service**:

- Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences**School/Institute**:

- School of Physics & Astronomy**Category**:

- Administrative and Clerical Support**Grade**:

- Grade 4**Salary**:

- £22,197 to £24,715 p.a.**Working Time**:

- 14 hours per week**Post Type**:

- Part Time**Contract Type**:

- Fixed Term (Up to 3 years due to grant funding)**Release Date**:

- Tuesday 04 July 2023**Closing Date**:

- Sunday 23 July 2023**Interview Date**:

- To be confirmed**Reference**:

- EPSPA1083


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