Departmental Officer

About us

Our mission at the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement.

The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public.

The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

The post holder will work as part of a very busy small team providing a wide range of administrative support to the Developmental Biology and Cancer Department, one of five research and teaching departments at GOS ICH. The department admin teams have a varied role, providing support in a number of areas, including HR, finance, research and education. They also provide day-to-day operational support. This fixed term position provides an excellent opportunity to develop a wide range of skills to a high level.

This post is funded for 12 months in the first instance.

About you

The successful candidate will have excellent administrative and organisational skills and highly accurate and meticulous record keeping skills. Administrative work within the higher education sector or similar is desirable. They will be efficient, enthusiastic, highly organised and take a proactive approach to their work. The ability to work independently as well as part of a team in a busy role is essential.

The role requires interaction with a wide range of staff both within and external to UCL, and a professional attitude, willingness to help and a positive outlook are essential.

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