Administration Assistant (21.75 hours per week) (EHA1932-1020)

Make a difference, every day, to the lives of our students. 

About You

With experience of working in a busy, customer focused office environment you will be able to work using your own initiative and operate flexibly and reliably. The ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines is essential as is the ability to work confidentially. The ability to work effectively within a team as well as independently, are valued skills. The successful candidate will become a key member of our friendly and supportive team.

This will be a varied, interesting and challenging role, which requires excellent organisational skills, flexibility, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines to the required quality standards.

About the Role

You will undertake a wide range of administrative support, working within the School Administration Team to deliver an outstanding student experience and to meet the business needs of the school. You will have an integrated portfolio of responsibilities which will support the full student journey from recruitment to award, together with the general business functions of the school. 

Rewards/Benefits

You will benefit from 22 days annual leave plus 13 bank holiday and University closure days per annum (pro rata). We aim to provide our staff with a positive work life balance and have a range of schemes in place to support this. Your continued professional development is as important to us as it is to you and we demonstrate this through our investment in your CPD activity. 

You will be automatically enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme and have access to our staff benefits platform, which provides you with discounts across the high street to help you save money on your everyday spending such as supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more. We also offer discounted membership to our state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities.

About Us

Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.  

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year. 

The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence. 

Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact: Kate Hannah Taylor, Senior Programme Administrator: Taylorka@edgehill.ac.uk 

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Closing Date: 21 Oct 2020
Category: Support