Executive Officer

Based in the Humanities Faculty Office, this role provides critical operational and administrative support to the Vice-President and Dean and Director of Faculty Operations. The person appointed will be a highly organised and proactive individual with considerable experience providing high quality administrative support and operational leadership. They will catalyse teams across the Faculty to deliver an efficient and effective service.

This role is a fixed-term maternity cover appointment for 13 months.

The successful candidate will preferably be educated to degree level or demonstrate comparable experience, and have proven experience in providing comprehensive executive support for Senior Leadership in a large and complex organisation and will be expected to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to meet the developing needs of the Faculty Office.

The post will line manage the Executive Assistant roles that support the Dean & Vice President and Director of Faculty Operations.

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Victoria Roberts, Business Support Manager

Email: victoria.roberts-2@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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