Postgraduate Assistant

The Faculty of Health & Medicine is seeking an enthusiastic and reliable Postgraduate Assistant to provide administrative support to the Faculty Postgraduate Coordinator team in managing postgraduate programmes of study including doctoral programmes, across the whole faculty. You will also be providing organisational support for faculty events and the Postgraduate Research training programme.

You will be committed to integrating into a busy office environment, working closely with colleagues. Excellent administrative and organisational skills are essential, as is the willingness to learn and work flexibly, becoming part of a committed team. You will have experience of Microsoft Office packages at an advanced level. Ideally you will have previous administrative experience in a higher education background.

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The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education whilst promoting the importance and wellbeing for all our colleagues.

We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.

The Faculty provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter (Silver), which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.

The Faculty of Health & Medicine is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population and is therefore committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

This role is offered on a part-time (0.8FTE / 29.2 hours per week), indefinite contract, with a hybrid working pattern. The preference to fully work on campus can be accommodated if desired.