Senior Executive Assistant

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

Background

Information Technology (IT) provides technology and digital services to the staff and students, including front line support services, infrastructure, applications and project delivery. We are a department of 173 staff based across our London campus. We provide our staff with the flexibility of hybrid working. This role will be based at Abacus House when working onsite.

Responsibilities

The purpose of the post is to provide proactive, comprehensive and confidential executive support to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Deputy CIO, and the rest of the IT Leadership as required. The post holder will ensure effective management of diaries, provide administration support, arrange travel, coordinate internal IT staff communications and events, and support HR activities when required.

Person Specification

We are seeking confident and professional self-starter, who is proactive and able to pre-empt the needs of the CIO, Leadership Team and department. A person who has experience of line managing a small team, is good at building relationships, happy to be the first port of call for administrative and office needs. You will have excellent organisational skills and can improve operational processes within the department.

Additional Information

Closing date: 1st January 2025 at 11:59pm.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

At City St George’s, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week.

Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities.

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