Departmental Administrative Officer

Description:

We are seeking a Departmental Administrative Officer to work closely with the Departmental Administrator (DA) and to provide a full and extensive administration support service to the DA, Departmental Principal Investigators, staff, students, and visitors. You will oversee the department’s public-facing reception service and line-manage two reception-based Departmental Administrative Assistants.

Taking the lead on day-to-day operational duties in the department, you will work across, and ensure effective operational procedures are adopted for a range of operations, including: coordinating staff recruitment and related HR activities; PhD studentship administration; processing general and research project financial transactions, procurement and expenses; travel arrangements; short course delivery; recording keeping; UCL policy compliance. This is an interesting and varied role with the opportunity to gain wide experience in Higher Education administration, and also offers the opportunity to lead on a number of ad hoc projects on behalf of the DA and/or Head of Research Department.