Science, Climate and Energy Assistant – Part Time

Job title:

Science, Local weather and Power Assistant – Half Time

Firm

HM Authorities

Job description

1

Most important Function of Job:

The British Excessive Fee Ottawa has a emptiness for an Assistant to work with the Science Local weather and Power Staff. The function is a part of the worldwide UK Science and Innovation Community (SIN), however additionally, you will present help to the Local weather and Power workforce. Based mostly out of Ottawa, the function will present administrative and mission help to the workforce based mostly throughout all 5 places of work of the UK in Canada community (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver).

Science, Tech, Local weather and Power are an ever-growing a part of the UK-Canada relationship with each governments dedicated to working in partnership with each other and setting the worldwide agenda via the G7 and different excessive ambition coverage groupings. The profitable candidate shall be an important hyperlink in a 10-person workforce enabling supply of Science, Local weather and Power goals associated to world challenges and alternatives, and the work of the Excessive Fee extra usually.

We’re on the lookout for an lively particular person who can help the workforce’s actions and enhance our methods of working. Because the Assistant, you may be the glue that retains the workforce collectively. You may assist make sure the workforce’s actions are properly deliberate, oversee administration of small however impactful mission funds, and observe the workforce’s price range. Now and again, you’ll help the supply of tasks led by workforce members. Additionally, you will prepare journey and deal with logistics related to workforce actions and deliberate occasions. By managing the workforce’s contact lists you will be the one who is aware of who the vital people are.

It is a nice alternative for anybody with an curiosity Science, Tech, Local weather and Power and/or international affairs.

Roles and Tasks:

• Help the supply of tasks and occasions aimed toward facilitating collaboration between Canada and the UK within the fields of science, innovation, local weather and power.
• Oversee the workforce’s administrative processes and enhance methods of working the place mandatory.
• Monitor and monitor the workforce’s price range and mission finance.
• Present help on finance processes resembling cost processing, contracts and invoicing, guarantee all year-end finance deadlines are met.
• Monitor and monitor the workforce’s progress, working with the Head of Staff to make sure tasks are working to agreed mission plans.
• Report on the workforce’s mission progress to central funding groups, making certain actions are recorded in a well timed and correct method.
• Help the organisation and write-up of Science & Innovation workshops, conferences, public lectures, receptions and conferences.
• Help the workforce to ship visits of teams of UK authorities officers and scientists, arranging journey programmes and itineraries.
• Handle workforce’s on-line paperwork, together with managing the shared space submitting system, co-coordinating workforce conferences and overseeing the workforce’s shared calendar.
• Help the SCE workforce with desktop analysis and reporting as required.
• Present different administrative and occasions help as mandatory.
• Contribute to wider company goals to assist make the UK in Canada community a fair larger place to work.

Sources Managed:

The workforce have mission funds exceeding CA$140,000 with additional funding proposals into account. While not answerable for expenditure, you’ll have a key function in supporting the workforce’s deliberate actions, forecast spend, and observe expenditure.

Important {qualifications}, expertise and expertise 1

• Snug working with funds and budgets.
• Wonderful written and oral communication expertise.
• Consideration to element.
• A optimistic and versatile workforce participant ready and prepared to carry out a large and numerous vary of duties as required.
• Sturdy IT expertise and literacy in Microsoft Workplace purposes (Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Groups) and familiarity with IT packages for webinars.
• Will need to have the authorized standing to stay and work in Canada.

Fascinating {qualifications}, expertise and expertise 1

• Information and curiosity in science, know-how, innovation and local weather change.
• At the least 1+ yr’s work expertise supporting small to medium measurement workforce in an identical capability
• Expertise in supporting occasion planning, logistics and supply.
• Mission Administration expertise
• Expertise of working in a distant workforce throughout a number of time zones

Required behaviours 1

Altering and Bettering, Delivering at Tempo, Speaking and Influencing, Working Collectively

Software deadline 1

3 March 2024

Grade 1

Administrative Officer (AO)

Kind of Place 1

Half-Time, Full-time

Working hours per week 1

22.5

Area 1

Americas, Caribbean & Abroad Territories

Nation/Territory 1

Canada

Location (Metropolis) 1

Ottawa

Kind of Put up 1

British Excessive Fee

Variety of vacancies 1

1

Wage Forex 1

CAD

Wage 1

$2,855.97 month-to-month

Begin Date 1

6 Might 2024

Different advantages and circumstances of employment 1

Studying and Improvement Alternatives:

The British Excessive Fee presents a robust package deal of L&D alternatives together with an induction to working for us. We’re dedicated to energetic, constructive line administration. Extra L&D alternatives shall be out there and inspired, with flexibility for the incumbent to hunt his/her personal alternatives of curiosity, topic to approval by the road supervisor.

Particularly, for this function, there are alternatives to:

• enhance expertise in writing, file administration and mission supply.
• develop consciousness of key coverage areas throughout the workforce
• Develop/enhance expertise in different areas of pursuits the place they’re in help of company goals.

The British Embassy Community presents a robust advantages package deal. This package deal consists of beneficiant trip and depart time, versatile working patterns, and enriching studying and growth alternatives.

Working Patterns:

The British Excessive Fee encourages consideration of versatile working practices requested by its workers. The British Excessive Fee expects its personnel to work within the workplace 60% of time to encourage teamwork, innovation and shared sense of function.

It is a part-time function of twenty-two.5 hours per week and a variable working sample could be agreed with the profitable candidate on how this may very well be fulfilled. That stated, the function would require at the very least one afternoon per week to help workforce members engaged on the West coast.

Extra info 1

Will need to have the authorized standing to stay and work in Canada. Applicant is anticipated to look in particular person for approx 60% of week however working from house is permitted and inspired when real looking to take action. Appointable candidates who had been unsuccessful could also be positioned on a ‘reserve listing’. If throughout the reserve interval of 6-12 months the identical or a largely comparable function turns into out there, that function could also be supplied to the second or subsequent candidate.

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Anticipated wage

$2855.97 monthly

Location

Canada

Job date

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 23:56:31 GMT

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