Administrative officer

Our Information and Library Services Directorate delivers award winning IT services and support, library, academic and digital skills and learning enhancement to staff and students across the university. Our digital mission is to ensure everyone in our community is equipped to effectively use digital services, data and technology with confidence, efficiency and creativity in their learning, teaching, research and organisational support. We are seeking an Administrative Officer to work as part of a job-share. The Administrative Officer role is part of a busy central team providing a high standard of administrative support to a large professional services directorate. Reporting to the Executive Support Manager, the successful candidate will contribute to the administration support function to the ILS Directorate and the ILS Executive team and be responsible for overseeing and administering staff development activity across ILS, including travel arrangements, event and conference bookings and staff expenses, managing complex electronic diaries for senior managers, and facilitating a wide range of user groups and meetings including producing notes and formal minutes. We are looking for someone with significant experience of working in a diverse and busy office environment and be proactive with excellent organisational, communication and time management skills. In addition, the successful candidate will be able to manage a diverse workload, prioritise effectively and work under their own initiative to provide an efficient and effective service. The successful candidate will have a good standard of secondary education including GCSEs or equivalent in English and Maths, as well as a recognised business or administrative qualification or equivalent experience. This role is part-time as part of a job-share working 21 hours per week, Monday to Wednesday, 09:00am – 5:00pm. The salary is pro-rata of the advertised salary range. For an informal discussion about the post please contact Rachael Wotton on [email protected] Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on [email protected] Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich and information on the university’s working principles: Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage). Current Vacancies - Jobs at Greenwich Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role does not meet the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application. We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values. We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly encourage applications from [protected characteristic(s)], who are currently under-represented within the University of Greenwich at these levels/within these areas. We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.