Administrative Officer, Research and Knowledge Exchange

Job description

Research and Knowledge Exchange Administrative Officer

Research and Knowledge Exchange Development Unit (RKEDU)

Hours: Part Time, 17 hours 50 minutes per week (0.5FTE)

Salary: Grade 4: £25,259 - £28,778 (possible progression to £31,236) pro-rata

Type: Open Ended

Ref: CVHD00065A

RKEDU supports the leadership, implementation and delivery of institutional strategic objectives relating to our growing portfolio of Research and Knowledge Exchange (KE), including Entrepreneurship.

This is a varied and dynamic role which will require excellent project co-ordination, analysis and prioritisation skills including supporting, and updating webpages, SharePoint and social media content. You will be competent in using all Microsoft packages, including Excel, to support a range of activities including data management, meeting and event organisation and project support and planning.

Proactive and demonstrating a high level of autonomy, you will have strong administrative and organisational skills, including an ability to meet deadlines and work calmly under pressure, while demonstrating high attention to detail and a flexible approach to changing priorities.

Self-motivated, enthusiastic and flexible, you will enjoy juggling priorities and making things happen. As one of our team, you will put all of this to good use as you provide high-level administrative support for the successful planning and delivery of an innovative University-wide portfolio of internal and external activities. You will thrive when working across multiple strands of work, including short-term tasks and medium-term project work involving a broad range of stakeholders.

Key to this role will be a willingness to learn, the ability to plan and prioritise work and achieve outcomes, and your collaborative approach.

The closing date for this position is 23:59 on Sunday 30 th August.

Please note, this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

This role does notmeet theminimumrequirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, wecannotprogressapplications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Queen Margaret University is committed toequalityofopportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here

We are a Disability Confident Employer, should you require any specific arrangements during the recruitment process please contact Human Resources on [email protected]