Careers & Skills Administrative Assistant - Salford

Careers & Skills Administrative Assistant - Salford

The Careers & Skills Administrative Assistant provides adaptable, efficient administrative support across the Directorate and works closely with key stakeholders in The Library and Careers & Skills, operating effectively in a busy, fast‑paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide administrative support to Library and Careers teams, supporting the frontline professional service 
• Respond to student and stakeholder enquiries via various channels

• Setting up bookable and embedded teaching sessions in our Advantage system and retrieving  registers from SteP. 

• Collection, storage and analysis of data from university systems, 
• Setting up events and drop ins, creating displays and preparing appropriate materials

• Liaison with Library comms to promote our offer 

About the Department

The Library, Careers & Skills 

A place to learn and share ideas, a virtual hub for research and discovery, a team of friendly faces delivering excellent customer service, and a community of experts playing an important role in teaching, learning, research, employability, and enterprise at Salford. We are innovative, open, collaborative, and people centred. Across our teams, we manage study spaces and technology, provide access to print and online resources for learning and research, and develop students’ learning and employability through the delivery of an open, inclusive and future facing support provision.  

Our ways of working 

We recognise the importance of a healthy balance between work and home life. While we need our staff to be available to deliver an excellent service, and some evening and weekend working may be required, we are open to agile ways of working that provide colleagues with flexibility, such as flexible hours and/or a mix of at home and on campus working, dependent on the needs of the service.  

What's in it for you? 

• Competitive salary - and excellent pension scheme
• An impressive 32 days leave - plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!
• Flexible working - we support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance
• Professional development - we offer a comprehensive package of training and development opportunities to help you achieve your full potential
• Our community - there's a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity, in backgrounds and in experiences.  Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students' lives
• Wellbeing support - all our people are important to us and we have services and facilities dedicated to your mental and physical health, ranging from an Employee Assistance Programme and counselling, to sports and fitness facilities including discounted gym memberships

This role is suitable for job share.

Please note this opportunity may close early depending on applicant volume.

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