Project Support Officer (Fixed Term 12 months)

Are you both great with people and incredibly organised? Can you be flexible in your approach whilst making sure things are done on time, on budget and meet all objectives?

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to help us run our department, provide support for a range of strategic projects and provide PA support to the Director of Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions (Acting).

Duties include:

• Working extensively with internal and external stakeholders to meet our objectives
• Organising our staff training and development programme and away days
• Providing administrative support to projects such as leading on action lists and drafting minutes
• Coordinating our financial management responsibilities
• Coordinating our department’s adherence to policies and processes such as our risk register and Green Impact and carrying out evaluation of key activities
• Supporting the director with diary management, travel admin and general admin support

You will be:

• Experienced in office management and/or an experienced executive personal assistant
• A great problem solver
• Happy to work on your own and as part of a team
• Excellent at communicating verbally and in writing, able to adapt your own style to get what is required from others
• Confident, flexible, enthusiastic and efficient
• Able to build positive relationships with others
• Highly organised and able to motivate others to achieve goals
• Ideally, experienced in working in large, complex organisations

In return we are able to offer:

• A friendly, enthusiastic and multi-award winning team
• Hybrid working, with a split between campus and home that works for you
• 28 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and closure between Christmas and New Year
• Opportunities for training and development
• A generous pension

To arrange an informal chat, please contact Charlotte Renwick, Director of Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions (Acting) on c.j.renwick@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Closing date: 27th February 2023 (23:59) Please note that you will not be able to edit or submit a part-completed application form after the closing date.

Working here means you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.

We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and minority ethnic candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.