Project Administration Specialist — Computing & Software

Skatelescope; Manchester; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

SKAO is seeking an admin support to join the Computing and Software team, reporting to the Senior Project Manager. You will assist project managers and the broader Solution Team with administrative, contract, delivery and support activities to enable delivery of computing and software solutions at SKA Observatory.

The role is fixed-term for 18 months, based at SKAO Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, with flexible hours in agreement with the line manager. UK local contract applies.

Qualifications

• Completed secondary school education.
• Hands-on experience in an administrative, project support or project office role.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a customer-oriented approach.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to learn new tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and contract management support to project managers.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings, workshops, risk reviews, interviews and training.
• Maintain shared project calendars and record minutes and actions.
• Track outstanding actions and follow up with stakeholders.
• Format and review documentation and presentations.
• Use Confluence, Jira, Miro and Slack to support collaboration.
• Support Joiner, Mover, Leavers (JML) processes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Customer-oriented

Team player

Willingness to learn

Education

Completed secondary school education

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Miro

Slack

Microsoft Office

Google docs/sheets

Job description

SKAO is seeking an admin support to join the Computing and Software team, reporting to the Senior Project Manager. You will assist project managers and the broader Solution Team with administrative, contract, delivery and support activities to enable delivery of computing and software solutions at SKA Observatory.

The role is fixed-term for 18 months, based at SKAO Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, with flexible hours in agreement with the line manager. UK local contract applies.