Administrative and Project Co-ordinator - Coventry, United Kingdom - University of Warwick

University of Warwick
University of Warwick
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Location
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***University of Warwick Campus, Coventry


Department
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***WMG


Position Type
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***Full Time, Fixed Term


Duration
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***Fixed-term until 30 September 2024


Salary
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***£29,605 - £32,982 per annum


About the Role
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***The role will involve developing, managing and/or co-ordinating projects and process improvement activities across the V&V team's Research Activities, including agreeing project parameters and objectives, developing project plans and then being responsible for monitoring progress, ensuring project milestones and delivery timescales are met, consulting and communicating with staff in an appropriate manner, problem solving, budget monitoring and managing expenditure within agreed limits, designing and creating information databases, liaising with appropriate contacts in WMG and outside the department, conducting analysis, evaluating project outcomes and providing regular reports to the WMG Professor.


The role involves providing high level administrative support for the team, including arranging and co-ordinating high-profile events with industry and policy stakeholders in the UK and worldwide.

This would also include organising and managing formal conferences, workshops, networking events and seminars on behalf of WMG and external organisations, responsible for deciding dates, catering, timetabling, agendas, tours, logistics, exhibiters, speakers (>100 delegates, 15 academic presenters and external keynote speakers).


You will need to prioritise and deal with visit and meeting requests and incoming communications, diary management; creating, issuing and ensuring timely dispatch of communications; arranging travel; liaising with senior colleagues both internal and external.


Meeting communications:
drafting and circulating agendas, preparing relevant material for meetings, taking minutes and actions of the meeting.


About You
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***We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and a person who takes the self-initiatives to deliver on tasks while engaging with wide variety of stakeholders (internal and external).


The role does not require a technical understanding of the work, but an interest in and enthusiasm for innovation, research and technology would be beneficial.

Attention to detail will be a key aspect of this role, along with having a delivery mindset.

You will be involved in delivering impactful research that is brining about a positive change in the society.


About the Department
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***WMG is a vibrant, cutting-edge research institution at the University of Warwick, one of the world's leading research and education groups with state-of-the-art technologies. WMG hosts one of the seven centres for High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult.

The V&V group at WMG is globally recognised, with the research and engineering team siting on global standards committees as the UK representative (i.e.

ISO TC 204/WG14 and ISO TC22/ SC33/ WG9), being lead author of a proposed international standard on self-driving shuttles/ pods, and contributing to many more standards (i.e.

ASAM OpenLABEL, BSI 1889 & BSI Along with having developed the world's largest public database of test scenarios for CAV's, Safetypool, and leading on one pillar of the UK Governments pioneering CAM Test Bed programme, Midlands Future Mobility.

For further information about WMG, please visit our website.

For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see our website.


We believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK's upcoming engineers and inventors.

Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree.


Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards.


About the University
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***Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We're one of the world's top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be 'world leading or internationally excellent'**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress.

Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.


  • QS World University Rankings 2024
**Research Excellence Framework 2021


How to Apply
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***The interviews will be held on a date to be confir
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