PA & Project Administrator

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a full-time Personal Assistant and Project Administrator to provide administrative and financial support to the Chair of Control Engineering and to the other academic members of the Control Group. The post is permanent.
The role will include complex diary management, travel and event arrangements, as well as responsibility for the administration of designated research projects, specifically in relation to financial and operational management. This will include preparing financial reports to meet funder requirements; reviewing expenditure on projects to ensure they are eligible; and updating project budgets to understand recruitment and expenditure needs. The post holder will ensure projects are delivered successfully to budget, and administrative aspects are completed to the satisfaction of the department and funder.

You should have considerable previous PA experience at a senior level and the ability to organise and prioritise a varied workload efficiently in order to meet deadlines, coping with unpredictable volumes of work without supervision. Excellent skills in office IT systems and Microsoft 365 applications, including email, word processing, databases are essential, along with an ability to deal with changing office technologies. You should also have excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build effective working relationships with immediate colleagues and to deal appropriately with a wide range of contacts including senior academics, clinicians, students and other university staff.
It is essential that you have well-developed problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme


• 38 days annual leave


• A comprehensive range of childcare services


• Family leave schemes


• Cycle loan scheme


• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans