Personal Assistant

7 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Office for Students Full time

Personal Assistant

Full or part time

Bristol

£30,388 - £31,789 (pro rata for part time)

Plus generous civil service defined benefit pension

The Office for Students (OfS) is the independent regulator of higher education in England - we regulate higher education on behalf of all students. Our mission is to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers.

Job Summary

The administrative resource unit (ARU) is a large team of professional administrators who provide a range of admin support across the organisation. Although you will be based in one directorate, the ARU is a flexible resource, moving to meet business need and adding variety and skills to the day job.

The aim of the Personal Assistant is to provide high quality and effective support to specific senior managers/Directors, enabling them to carry out their own role as effectively as possible. Key responsibilities include working with other administrators to contribute to best practice; and proactively adding to the development and improvement of relevant administrative processes. The role requires engagement with internal and externals stakeholders in order to plan and manage activities related to the functions of those they support.

**Job Description**:
The key person attributes to fulfil this role are:

- strong written and verbal communications skills
- discretion
- attention to detail and organisational skills
- flexibility and team-working
- knowledge of relevant software and word-processing programmes.

About you

The Office for Students culture is based on the values and competencies of Ambition, Diversity, Learning and Openness. The behaviours we demonstrate when we do our job is as important as getting the job done.
- Ambition - seeing the bigger picture, making effective decision, delivering at pace
- Diversity - inclusive leadership, interact respectfully, value differences, give access to opportunity
- Learning - developing self and others, challenging and improving, managing a quality service
- Openness - Communicating and influencing, collaborating and partnering, inclusive leadership

Working for us

The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.

Interviews: week commencing 26 February


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