Job Description

Admin Assistant / Receptionist
PCD330244
£42,000a year
Full-time and Contractor

Job Description

About the Role

We are recruiting for an Admin Assistant/Receptionist to join us in the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit. You will join an experienced administrative team, providing a professional and courteous service.
The role consists of two key areas of support. On the Admin Assistant side, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the efficient operational running of our unit, supporting colleagues with the delivery of health and lifestyle services. On the Receptionist side, you will be crucial in creating a welcoming environment and will create a helpful, positive experience to all visitors to our Unit.
Due to the nature of this role, you will need to be based on-site. However, that does not reduce our commitment in trying to provide flexibility, where possible, to enable candidates to balance any commitments outside of work.

About the organisation

At the organisation, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we have fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it is simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Wolfson Institute of Population Health harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health and preventive medicine. The Institute is organised into six research centres and the Centre for Public Health and Policy (CPHP) draws together groups focusing on women’s health, global public health, the national diet, and individual health and lifestyle

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work-life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
The organisation's commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

About You

As first point of contact for the Unit, you will set the tone for how we engage with stakeholders. Therefore, you will be driven by providing an engaging, customer-focused service, developed through your background in a front of house capacity.
You will see this role as an opportunity to build upon your current, demonstrable experiences in providing a full range of administrative duties. Any previous involvement in financial administration (purchase orders, etc.) is beneficial, but we will provide training if you do not have this.
Whatever stage your career is at, this position will suit a candidate with excellent people skills, who is a genuine team player and with a passion for delivering a first-class service.