Job Description

Salary – £29,733 to £31,553 Depending on experience
Fully site based with occasional opportunities to work from home
Permanent and Full Time (37 hours per week)
We’ll be shortlisting as we go. We reserve the right to close this advert if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.

UKCEH is looking for an experienced Senior Science Support Administrator to join our 600-strong team, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.

Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.

As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:

• 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues
• Flexible working opportunities

And much more…

We are looking for a proactive and collaborative administrator, with experience of supporting senior management. You’ll be supporting the Head of Site and several dynamic and growing research groups in the Soils and Land Use and Water Resources Science Areas.

Naturally, you’ll be experienced anticipating need and building good working relationships across a wide range of stakeholders. If you feel your flexible, positive attitude and ability to manage varied responsibilities would suit this role, we would love to hear from you.

You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support, you need to thrive at UKCEH.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Administrative support for the Head of Site (Simon Smart)
• Organising events on site/other UKCEH sites/external venues, working collaboratively with our Workplace Team, IT Team and other support staff:- including setting up meeting rooms, refreshments, tele/video conferencing facilities, and coordinating visitor arrangements
• Logistics and support tasks for projects (e.g., arranging paperwork for international shipments, coordinating project meetings, processing visitor travel and ad hoc project support)
• Supporting staff to book unusual/complex travel arrangements using our travel management system (training will be given)
• Procurement and managing a corporate credit card, for agreed Science Area spend
• General administrative support e.g., general enquiries, mail, email, photocopying, filing, archiving, populating corporate databases, maintaining information on internal SharePoint pages, organising publication display boards
• Secretarial support for internal committees/meetings including occasional minute taking and follow-up on actions
• Personnel administration – supporting managers with coordinating arrangements for interviews and local inductions, maintaining local records of staffing changes

For the role of Senior Science Support Administrator, we’re looking for somebody who:

• Has 5 GCSEs at A-C (7-9) including Mathematics and English language (or equivalent experience)
• Understands Data Protection – has experience of working with a high volume of sensitive/confidential data with attention to detail and accuracy
• Has enthusiasm and ability to work as part of a dynamic team
• Is a confident and professional communicator, with good negotiating and networking skills
• Has excellent organisational and time management skills
• Is flexible – a willingness to take on a variety of tasks, commensurate with the grade
• Is numerate
• Is dedicated to delivering quality support

If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now. 

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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