Career Opportunities at Queen's

Queen’s University Belfast is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Personal Assistant, to Director of Innovation/CEO.

You will be responsible for delivering a high-level, comprehensive and professional PA and administrative service. The post holder will work pro-actively and collaboratively with other members of the team, the broader University and senior level internal and external stakeholders (e.g. VC’s Office, Local Authority Leadership teams, investors and company CEOs).

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Academic and/or vocational qualifications i.e. NVQ Level 3, A levels in relevant subject (or equivalent).
• 4 years relevant experience in a complex administrative office environment to include experience of:
  • Providing personal assistant duties at senior executive
  • Committee servicing at the highest levels within an organisation (e.g. CEO level meetings or similar).
  • Organisational skills (including circulating invites, drafting agendas, collating papers, taking and drafting minutes).
  • Planning and organising short and long term activities and events
  • Evidence of supporting major projects of significant scale and complexity.
  • Developing and enhancing working methods and processes
• Experience of handling confidential/ sensitive information with discretion.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role, please click on the Candidate Information link below.

**Please note that the interview date may now be Thursday 11 April 2024.

This is a permanent, full time position.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit:  www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

Informal enquireies may be directed to Julie Gormley: julie@qubis.co.uk

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