Personal Assistant London, England
Job description
We are seeking to appoint a Personal Assistant to the Dean, in The School of Arts and Humanities.
The Personal Assistant (PA) to the Dean of School will play a key role in balancing competing demands on the Deans time to ensure focus on the priorities of academic strategy and school leadership, and between the administrative and operational priorities of the school. This is a full time and permanent role.
The role holder will be required to provide support to the Dean and anticipate their needs, providing a professional interface between the Dean and key internal and external contacts. They will be effective at inbox management and diary management, proactively safeguarding time to enable the Dean to work on strategic priorities.
They will act as a conduit for the flow of high level and sensitive information and use sound judgement and problem-solving skills when making recommendations regarding tasks, events, deadlines etc.
The PA to the Dean will provide full administrative and secretarial support for all relevant internal Committees, Boards and working groups. They will ensure all correspondence is properly and efficiently dealt with, keeping track of issues that are pending and following up relevant responses.
The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or have equivalent experience and demonstrable experience of working in a PA or EA role in a medium to large organisation. It is essential that applicants have an understanding of the higher education sector and the ability to distinguish, prioritise, sift and grade the multi-level requests that come through to the Dean to ensure that the Dean is able to focus on the core mission of the institution. They must be a strong team-player with a flexible approach to the varying demands of the office as a whole.
Please see our information pack on our company web site for more information. If you apply, we will send you the link to apply on our web site.
Closing date: 11.59pm on 5 March 2023
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £33,786.00-£38,617.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Reference ID: 027-23
