Closer Administrative and Events Assistant - London, United Kingdom - University College London

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Description

Ref Number
B


Professional Expertise
Administration and Business Support


Department
School of Education (B16)


Location
London


Working Pattern
Full time


Salary
£28,344 - £31,596


Contract Type
Fixed-term


Working Type
Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)


Available For Secondment
No


Closing Date
29-Jun-2023


About us:


About IOE
IOE is UCL Faculty of Education and Society.


Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years.

We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Social Research Institute is one of the leading centres for social research in the UK.

It is home to seven internationally renowned research units:


  • Centre for Longitudinal Studies
  • Centre for Time Use Research
  • CLOSER
  • EPPI-Centre
  • Quantitative Social Science
  • Social Science Research Unit
  • Thomas Coram Research Unit


All of our centres are multidisciplinary, with staff drawn variously from economics, sociology, social policy, demography, psychology, anthropology and social statistics.

We promote problem-solving interdisciplinary research on particular themes where we have outstanding scholarship and critical mass, e.g. gender, families, work, inequalities, migration, bio-social interactions.


About CLOSER


CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research, is the interdisciplinary partnership of leading social and biomedical longitudinal population studies, the UK Data Service and The British Library.

We are based at the UCL Social Research Institute (SRI).


Our mission is to increase the visibility, use and impact of longitudinal population studies, data and research to ensure that longitudinal evidence is used to address the health, social, economic and environmental challenges facing the UK, now and in the future.

CLOSER is funded by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through to 30 September 2024.


About the role:


The CLOSER Administrative and Events Assistant will provide general administrative support to enable the smooth running of the CLOSER project.


You will support the CLOSER Project Manager in the overall coordination and administration of the project and provide support to the Policy and Dialogue team as necessary.

You will work alongside a CLOSER Project Officer.

This post is available until 30th September 2024 in the first instance.

Interviews will take place on 14th July 2023.


About you:


You will have experience of providing administrative support to a team or project and experience of servicing committees - organising meetings and taking meeting minutes.

You will also have experience of supporting the coordination of a range of different event types.


It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

What we offer:

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

  • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
  • Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
  • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
  • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
  • Immigration loan
  • Relocation scheme for certain posts
  • On-Site nursery
  • Onsite gym
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
  • Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.


These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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