General Administrator

The Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) has an exciting opportunity for a new General Administrator to join our passionate and dedicated community at the University of Cambridge. Working as part of the Departments' Soft Facilities team, you will be a new addition to the team delivering exceptional customer service, reception and concierge services to all users of the Cavendish Estate.

The Cavendish Laboratory is at an exciting point in its 150-year history, and undergoing a substantial period of transformation, as it prepares for its relocation to a beautiful, purpose-built physics facility, the Ray Dolby Centre, which will be the centre-piece of the new Cavendish III Laboratory.  The Department is home to over 2000 staff, students and visitors across a large range of disciplines and categories, where exemplary delivery of world-leading, innovative research programmes and teaching takes place and where the provision of an outstanding soft facilities service will be vital to delivering the vision for the new Estate.

Working within the soft facilities remit alongside the Facilities Coordinator, the roleholder will have a can-do attitude and an approachable and professional manner, being responsible for providing a variety of administrative assistance to the wider team, updating the intranet SharePoint site, welcoming visitors to the Department and being the first point of contact for general enquiries.

About you

We are looking for someone who:

• Is able to communicate effectively and interact positively with staff, students and visitors, with a confident approach and positive attitude
• Can organise their time to get tasks done and use their initiative to priortise when necessary
• Understands the needs of basic administration work within a higher education setting and makes themselves readily available and willing to help out wherever needed
• Preferably has previous experience from a similar role in an educational setting working with SharePoint sites, editing and uploading content.

Some of our many benefits include:

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave provision
• Family & Work-life balance policies including hybrid working and generous carer leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption leave), amongst others
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Exclusive employee discounts via our CamBens scheme
• Personal Development: The Department actively encourages and supports personal development and our staff have access to a wide range of courses and training via our Personal and Professional Development (PPD) service.

This full-time post is available now.  Additional information regarding the role may be found within the Further Particulars via the link below.

The closing date for applications is 16 March 2025.

Interviews are expected to be held on 3 April 2025.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

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

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Ren Isaksen, Facilities Coordinator (ri316@cam.ac.uk)

Please quote reference KA44507 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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