School Administrator

**School Administrator**:

- Organisation
- Cranfield University
- School/Department
- Cranfield Defence and Security
- Based at
- Shrivenham, Oxfordshire - Cranfield Defence and Security
- Hours of work
- 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Salary
- Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £22,204 to £24,549 per annum
- Posted Date
- 23/02/2023
- 12/03/2023

**Role Description**:
**About the Role**

As part of the Administrative Support Team, you will provide first-class administrative support to Heads of academic Centres. This role also supports members of faculty contained within the academic Centres.

You will often act as a main point of contact for the Heads of Centre, and support academics with a range of matters, including liaising with partner institutions and commercial clients and generally supporting and independently resolving a range of queries and matters that may arise as support to the Centres. Activities include preparing for meetings, conferences and events, organising logistics and diary requirements as well as providing assistance to academic, commercial and ad-hoc administrative functions.

The role will be varied and you will bring a proactive approach to managing requests and supporting the smooth running of the Centres across a range of administrative and business support areas, including developing new processes within the Centre. It is essential that you are self-motivated and proactive, capable of taking responsibility at a high level with the minimum of guidance and able to make decisions on your own, and to maintain high levels of efficiency and professionalism at all times.

**About You**

You will be educated to A level standard (or equivalent) with experience in an administrative role. You will have experience of servicing committees (e.g. preparing agendas, papers and minutes), effectiveness in prioritisation, and time management. You will have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

**About Us**

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

**Our Values and Commitments**

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

**Working Arrangements**

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

Interviews will be held 29 March 2023.