Executive Support Assistant

The role

An exciting opportunity to work as part of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Engagement and Deputy Vice-Chancellor teams providing administrative and executive support.

This is a part-time maternity cover position working 2.5 days a week for 12 months. The successful candidate will be required to be in the office 2 days and a half day working from home.

What will you be doing?

Working as part of a small team, you will be supporting the Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Engagement and Deputy Vice-Chancellor teams to work effectively and efficiently. 

You will be responsible for managing shared mailboxes and complex diaries, booking travel, accommodation, meeting rooms and venues, maintaining SharePoint sites, organising meeting papers and performing standard tasks on University systems. 

You should apply if

• You have experience in administration and excellent customer service and communication skills.
• You are highly organised and able to reprioritise your workload to react to changing priorities.
• You enjoy working as part of a team, supporting colleagues to succeed.
• You are looking to develop your career in administration or executive support.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed-term maternity cover for 12 months, or until the earlier return of the post-holder

School/Unit: Senior Team and Executive Support

For informal queries, please contact:

Mayble Pitt, Senior Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Engagement, mayble.pitt@bristol.ac.uk

Ali Hatcher, Senior Executive Assistant to the Deputy-Vice Chancellor, ali.hatcher@bristol.ac.uk

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 29/07/2024. Interviews are anticipated to take place on 07/08/2024.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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