Administrative Officer for Postgraduate Research Students - University of East London Professional Services - London

UEL’s ambition is to become London’s leading university for civic engagement. We are a vibrant and diverse university located in the heart of east London. Our new corporate plan sets an ambitious agenda for our future success and growth which focusses on the delivery of high quality teaching and learning, and excellence in research.

The Graduate School is an integral part of UEL’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise directorate. We take pride in providing administrative support and training to our postgraduate research students. We are based at our modern Docklands campus accessible via DLR (Cyprus station) which provides contemporary facilities to our staff and students.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Graduate School. The successful applicant will be a key member of the Graduate School administrative team, planning, delivering and managing a range of day to day tasks relating to Postgraduate Research Students and will ensure that all administrative processes are fit for purpose under the direction of the Postgraduate Research Students Manager.

You will have a good first degree and substantial experience of student administration in a UK university, management of complex administrative processes, experience of managing data bases and providing secretarial support to committees.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by UEL Professional Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of UEL. Employees of UEL Professional Services Ltd work alongside UEL colleagues in delivery of UEL’s mission, and UEL Professional Services Ltd will adopt UEL HR policies and procedures in full. Further detail regarding employment benefits can be found at the employee benefits section of our recruitment pages.

To obtain further details about this vacancy please visit our website at http://jobs.uel.ac.uk/ (reference number: PS080s2016 ). The closing date for applications is 5 th June 2016 . Interviews will be held week commencing 20 th June 2016 .

CVs without completed application forms will not be accepted

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