Executive Assistant – Offices of the Vice-Chancellor

Who we’re!

The College of Salford (UoS) is formidable and on the coronary heart of a fast-developing group. Our experience assist rework various people and communities by educating, analysis, innovation, and engagement. Salford is on the forefront of this transformation, main the best way in areas corresponding to well being, vitality, media, and the constructed setting. Our 20,000 college students contribute enormously to the native financial system.

A bit in regards to the Places of work of the Vice-Chancellor  

The Places of work of the Vice-Chancellor is made up of the College Management Crew and the Govt Help Crew.

The College Management Crew (ULT) are the management staff of the College. Led by our Vice-Chancellor, the College Management Crew handle and oversee the operating of the College of Salford and within the efficient supply of the College’s strategic targets.

The Govt Help Crew are a pooled useful resource of 8 Govt Assistants, 1 PA Directive Help Officer and 1 Methods Help Officer who’re led by the Operations Supervisor and are answerable for offering government administrative assist to members of ULT and personal secretarial assist to the Chair of Council and Chancellor

The Govt Help Crew are a centre of excellence for top quality government administrative assist, who persistently all the time reveal skilled and optimistic behaviours, appearing as a task mannequin and selling an workplace which not solely evokes, however develops others.

What is going to the position contain? 

It is a everlasting position providing a novel alternative to straight assist the College Management Crew within the supply of the College’s Strategic Goals. The Govt Assistants work as a pooled useful resource and are answerable for offering top quality Govt Help, making certain the graceful and environment friendly completion of all administrative duties. The position kinds an integral a part of the Govt Help Crew and can work intently with the broader staff to make sure the efficient administration of the Workplace of the Vice-Chancellor, which is the central level of communication and enterprise circulation for the management of the College.

We’re on the lookout for an Govt Assistant who’s resourceful, revolutionary, proactive and might seamlessly modify in a altering and difficult setting. A capability to multi-task is important as no at some point would be the identical! You will have to have the ability to reveal excellent customer support, time administration and organizational abilities and a excessive degree of self-motivation and initiative to make sure that the Places of work of the Vice-Chancellor can conduct its duties to the best of requirements.

The Govt Assistant will collaborate with staff members, inner and exterior stakeholders and assist to ascertain new methods of working, pioneer change, simplify processes, and be adept at utilizing and exploiting digital know-how to realize outcomes.

You will have the next abilities & expertise

Ideally you should have Govt Assistant expertise

• You’ll be a terrific communicator and luxuriate in connecting with folks.
• You’ll be huge on co-creatingand collaborating with a wider staff.
• You’ll be daring in relation to making choices and shall be extremely organised.
• You’ll clearly be dedicated to delivering and selling an incredible pupil expertise, and can have the ability to reveal an understanding of, and empathy to the wants of a giant and various pupil group.

You will have to have the ability to reveal:

• Robust abilities in planning, organisation and time administration and expertise of advanced diary and inbox administration
• IT proficiency, with specific emphasis on the use of Excel to retailer, organise, and analyse information at an intermediate/superior degree
• The flexibility to create studies, agendas, assembly slides and minutes utilizing Microsoft 365
• A wonderful degree of accuracy and a focus to element, and the flexibility to work to very tight timeframes and deadlines
• Excessive normal of written and verbal communications abilities
• Steady enchancment by questioning inefficient processes and search for smarter methods of working.
• Downside fixing in a structured and methodical manner, analysing, and exploring the causes of points.

What’s in it for you?

It is a improbable alternative for anybody desirous to work in a busy, productive and supportive setting, working in a staff dedicated to skilled growth. A possibility to work collaboratively with administrative capabilities throughout each colleges {and professional} service areas, this position actively encourages each alternative to share finest observe, shadowing and growth alternatives.

At Salford you’ll be inspired to innovate, be brave and unstoppable, to make sure we’re all working to a shared objective of delivering a terrific expertise for our college students and wider group. Our pupil inhabitants is already extremely various, and we wish to guarantee that is mirrored throughout our colleague profile as nicely although creating an inspirational, inclusive studying and dealing setting, celebrating the variety of our College group.

Now we have extensive ranging colleague assist networks, selling consciousness occasions all year long and supplying you with the chance to share your experiences with others. Our intensive religion centre services replicate our persevering with dedication to assist the scholar and colleague expertise and the beliefs and values you convey to our group.

Nonetheless you establish, no matter your pathway has been to get right here, come and be a part of us on the College of Salford the place we’re all proud to belong – watch us in motion right here!

We sit up for receiving your utility, however if you wish to hear extra in regards to the position please contact Alexandra Hackett [email protected]  to rearrange a casual chat.

Interviews shall be held on 25 April 2024

Wish to know extra about what it’s prefer to work within the Places of work of the Vice-Chancellor and the College of Salford, check out a few of our colleague movies right here: