Administrative Assistant

Queen Mary University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected university in Greater London is seeking an organised and detail-oriented individual to provide administrative support to the Professor of Genomic Diversity. The role requires experience in Higher Education, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and strong communication and time-management skills. Responsibilities include coordinating meetings, handling HR tasks, and managing financial processes. Competitive salaries and various benefits, including flexible working arrangements, are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

30 days leave

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience supporting administrative operations in a Higher Education environment.
• Ability to coordinate meetings and events effectively.
• Handling HR tasks such as interview scheduling and onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential administrative support to the Professor of Genomic Diversity.
• Ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations.
• Manage financial processes including purchasing and expenses.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

The postholder will provide essential administrative support to the Professor of Genomic Diversity and the wider team, ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations and enabling the successful delivery of research projects.

About You

We are seeking an organised, detail-oriented administrator with experience supporting day-to-day operations in a Higher Education environment. You will be confident using Microsoft Office, coordinating meetings and events, handling HR tasks such as interview scheduling and onboarding, and managing financial processes including purchasing and expenses. Strong communication, time-management and interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to work independently, manage changing priorities, and liaise effectively with diverse stakeholders in line with Queen Mary’s values.

About the Institute

The Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) aims to improve health through data-driven medicine. PHURI’s multidisciplinary teams will address interconnected research themes including Omics Science; MedTech and Devices and Therapeutic Innovation - transcending the existing boundaries between disciplines.

These themes will come together to create a complete journey from disease identification, through to translation with the development of therapies, devices or clinical intervention to ensure we improve disease prevention, prediction, personalisation of treatment and disease management to improve patient outcomes. This integrated approach is a distinguishing feature of PHURI in which we use our linked health and molecular patient data to develop innovative technologies that will transform existing care pathways.

PHURI builds on the close partnerships between Queen Mary University of London and Barts NHS Trust, continuing our shared focus on accelerating the latest healthcare innovations from the bench to bedside. Working closely with Barts Health NHS Trust we will ensure that our research is focused on where it is most needed. Using real-world clinical data, we will drive the development and targeted prescription of treatments based on patients’ needs. This will help to build a stronger and more focused health service for the diverse communities of East London, the UK and the world.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

£29,818 to £32,515 per annum (pro rata)