Administrative Secretary (Fixed Term)

Department/Location: Academic Division, Cambridge

The Office of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences has an exciting opportunity for an Administrative Secretary to join its dedicated team. This is a full-time, fixed-term position for a period of 12 months. 

The purpose of the role is to provide a broad range of administrative support to the School and its Faculties and Departments. The role holder will ensure that there is adequate administrative provision to successfully operate the School's regular processes, provide operational support for the School's 'Vision Groups' and other project-related support, effectively manage internal grant funding calls and ensure the smooth operational running of the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership and other major School investments. 

About you: You would have strong administrative experience, preferably within university environment; excellent organisational, communication and time management skills; proactive personality, able to work with minimum direction and take initiative; strong attention to details; able to meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure across a varied portfolio. For a full person specification, key responsibilities and essential requirements, which your application will be scored against, please see the Further Particulars. 

Benefits of working at Cambridge include: 

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases. 
• Generous annual leave allowance of 36 days paid leave (including bank holidays). 
• Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare). 
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution. 
• Schemes to support with relocation / the provision of accommodation.

The University of Cambridge is committed to supporting our staff to thrive both professionally and personally. We aim to support a good work/life balance, whilst retaining the positive aspects of our unique in-person environment and culture. Elements of this role are suitable for hybrid working, where staff can split their time between in-person collaboration and remote working. The frequency of the remote elements of the role can be discussed with the recruiting manager.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 12 months in the first instance.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 19 January 2025.

Interviews for the role are currently intended to take place in the week commencing 27 January 2025. Although this may be subject to change.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the apply button above.

Informal enquiries about the role should be directed to: Mrs Emiko M Priest, School Operations Manager, email: Emiko.Priest@admin.cam.ac.uk

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact: Karin Kuchta, HR Coordinator, email: acdhr@admin.cam.ac.uk 

Please quote reference AK44503 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. 

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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