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Executive Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,605 to £36,024 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2024 |
| Location: | G72 0AG |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0000021214 |
Summary
*Please note, this role is based within the Built Environment-Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) and located in Hamilton, Glasgow
Our Benefits
Salary: £29,605 - £36,024 per annum (Grade 4), depending on experience plus pay increases each year
• minimum of 41 days annual leave (including 10 fixed holidays at Easter and Christmas) and the option to purchase additional annual leave
• employer pension contributions of 17.6%
• a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• access to our benefits platform Vivup which includes huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers, health care discounts and Cycle to Work
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements and currently operate a hybrid working arrangement (min of 3 days a week at our Hamilton Campus).
The Role
At BE-ST, we aim to create a better built environment that delivers inclusive and sustainable economic, social and environmental impact in pursuit of our mission; to accelerate the built environment’s transition to zero carbon emissions.
As someone who resonates with our mission and is passionate about environmental sustainability, you’ll play an essential part to helping us drive our mission, by ensuring work is progressed effectively.
We’re not a typical organisation, we’re a highly creative team in the innovation space so we fully expect that you’ll use your passion to challenge the norm and get stuck right in, embracing our culture of transformation by discovering smarter ways to improve our processes and policies to help us stand out from the crowd.
You’ll predominantly be responsible for managing the busy diaries of the CEO, Stephen Good and Deputy CEO, Douglas Morrison, but you’ll feel a part of the entire BE-ST family, coordinating requests across the team (find out more about us).
Trust that no day will be the same. As someone with executive assistant experience and skills, you’ll confidently balance competing demands in a fast-paced environment whilst proving high quality administrative support. We also host a variety of events and visits, which you’ll support on.
What are you waiting for? Come join the BE-ST family where we are passionate about seeing you grow and unlock your potential, so we provide you access to knowledge, resources, and inspiration to do so as well as working in an inclusive environment created by our lovely team. Our values are important to us and help us all to thrive and grow. To learn more about BE-ST and what we do, visit our website.
What do we need from you?
• Extensive relevant experience of providing a comprehensive administrative and secretarial support service to senior staff
• Highly innovative with experience making process improvements
• Extensive experience of complex diary and office management
• Experience of organising, clerking and supporting meetings
• High attention to detail and excellent organisation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as a team, maintaining effective working relationships whilst prioritising own workload
• Ability to deliver to long and short term deadlines and adapt to competing demands
Useful Information
Application closing date: Sunday 25 August
Interviews: Thursday 5 September at our BE-ST Campus. Please ensure that you are available on this date should you be invited to interview as we are unable to accommodate an alternative interview date due to busy diaries.
BE-ST and Edinburgh Napier are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on several factors specific to the successful applicant. Check salary criteria for the visa on https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa. Contact us to discuss individual circumstances on recruitment@napier.ac.uk
Our Benefits
Salary: £29,605 - £36,024 per annum (Grade 4), depending on experience plus pay increases each year
• minimum of 41 days annual leave (including 10 fixed holidays at Easter and Christmas) and the option to purchase additional annual leave
• employer pension contributions of 17.6%
• a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• access to our benefits platform Vivup which includes huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers, health care discounts and Cycle to Work
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements and currently operate a hybrid working arrangement (min of 3 days a week at our Hamilton Campus).
The Role
At BE-ST, we aim to create a better built environment that delivers inclusive and sustainable economic, social and environmental impact in pursuit of our mission; to accelerate the built environment’s transition to zero carbon emissions.
As someone who resonates with our mission and is passionate about environmental sustainability, you’ll play an essential part to helping us drive our mission, by ensuring work is progressed effectively.
We’re not a typical organisation, we’re a highly creative team in the innovation space so we fully expect that you’ll use your passion to challenge the norm and get stuck right in, embracing our culture of transformation by discovering smarter ways to improve our processes and policies to help us stand out from the crowd.
You’ll predominantly be responsible for managing the busy diaries of the CEO, Stephen Good and Deputy CEO, Douglas Morrison, but you’ll feel a part of the entire BE-ST family, coordinating requests across the team (find out more about us).
Trust that no day will be the same. As someone with executive assistant experience and skills, you’ll confidently balance competing demands in a fast-paced environment whilst proving high quality administrative support. We also host a variety of events and visits, which you’ll support on.
What are you waiting for? Come join the BE-ST family where we are passionate about seeing you grow and unlock your potential, so we provide you access to knowledge, resources, and inspiration to do so as well as working in an inclusive environment created by our lovely team. Our values are important to us and help us all to thrive and grow. To learn more about BE-ST and what we do, visit our website.
What do we need from you?
• Extensive relevant experience of providing a comprehensive administrative and secretarial support service to senior staff
• Highly innovative with experience making process improvements
• Extensive experience of complex diary and office management
• Experience of organising, clerking and supporting meetings
• High attention to detail and excellent organisation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as a team, maintaining effective working relationships whilst prioritising own workload
• Ability to deliver to long and short term deadlines and adapt to competing demands
Useful Information
Application closing date: Sunday 25 August
Interviews: Thursday 5 September at our BE-ST Campus. Please ensure that you are available on this date should you be invited to interview as we are unable to accommodate an alternative interview date due to busy diaries.
BE-ST and Edinburgh Napier are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on several factors specific to the successful applicant. Check salary criteria for the visa on https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa. Contact us to discuss individual circumstances on recruitment@napier.ac.uk
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.