Operations Officer

About the role

Are you looking for a role that underpins world-leading research and teaching, and gives you the chance to make a positive difference to the delivery of our services?

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and administrative support for a range of school/faculty processes and activities in the Business School.
• Support the delivery of effective, efficient and compliant operational and administrative support ensuring an exceptional customer experience and high level of service.
• Support academic staff, students and colleagues with operational functions, advice and guidance.
• Contribute to the development, review and continuous improvement of relevant procedures, plans, policies, processes and working practices.
• Provide general operational support including: servicing committees, raising purchase orders, reception duties, dealing with enquiries and general administrative requests, maintaining local records and updating information hubs such as the school website and intranet.
• Support with events; booking rooms and catering, liaising with speakers, processing expenses, travel bookings and staff Inductions; scheduling meetings, disseminating information and supporting the onboarding process.

Requirements

You will need good interpersonal skills, work well in a team, be organised, proactive, self-motivated, flexible and able to thrive in a fast-paced and varied environment.

Qualifications

No specific qualifications are required for this role, but relevant experience in a similar administrative or operational support role would be advantageous.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills, work well in a team, be organised, proactive, self-motivated, flexible and able to thrive in a fast-paced and varied environment.

Benefits

A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
Training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
Fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more.

Pay

£26,908 to £28,890 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

Schedule

This is a permanent, full-time post available now. Your working hours will be 36.25 hours per week.

Contact Information

To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website
Please contact Dan Gill, Dan.Gill@nottingham.ac.uk, if you have further questions about this role.

Application Instructions

Please contact Dan Gill, Dan.Gill@nottingham.ac.uk, if you have further questions about this role. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Further Details

To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website
Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities.

Disability Confident Employer

We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

UK Visas & Immigration Sponsorship Criteria

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.