Administrators/ Executive Assistants

Education and Academic Services

We are looking for outstanding people from a wide variety of backgrounds to join us at a time of change and opportunity at the University.  We would love you to join us on this journey!

• Do you enjoy direct contact with people?

• Do you enjoy providing administrative support?

• Are you brilliant at organising, communicating and making things run smoothy?

• Do you want to work for an excellent employer with some terrific career and training opportunities?

If so, our Administration and Assistant roles in Education and Academic Services could be for you.

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These roles will be based in Education and Academic Services, working in our Faculties supporting our students, academic and senior colleagues. We have the following roles available in Exeter and have part-time and full-time opportunities. All roles are offered on a permanent basis. These roles offer the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

• Executive Assistant to the Head of Engineering, 1 FTE, Exeter, Streatham
• Executive Assistant/s in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, part time hours open to discussion with the possibility of full time Exeter, St Lukes
• Executive Assistant in Education and Academic Services, 1FTE, Exeter, Streatham
• Administrator in Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 1FTE, Streatham

T he roles

Our Faculty Operations roles work as teams to give a brilliant administrative service to academic and senior colleagues. Some roles focus on personal assistant-type support to senior leaders and some roles co-ordinate administration in departments. In these roles you will assist academics and leaders with their priorities including student experience and education, research and partnership working. All roles provide high-quality administrative support and have the opportunity to directly impact on the smooth running of the university and for you to showcase your fantastic organisational and business support skills.   

About You

For all roles, you will:

• Have excellent organisational skills
• Have fantastic IT skills
• Be a great communicator with a strong customer service focus
• Be someone who can work with databases and information
• Be able to work proactively in a team
• Be able to work to multiple priorities
• Have high service standards
• Have great attention to detail

We would love to hear from you if you have experience supporting senior leaders as personal assistants or as an executive assistant

We can offer you the opportunity to develop your career in administration and customer services.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

In the application form, you will have the opportunity to state your preferred role, or more than one role should you wish.  If successful at interview, conversations will take place with candidates regarding role preferences.  All interviews will take place remotely and we are aiming for interviews to take place on 3 October. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Further information

To hear more about these roles please contact Rachel Winzer and Tim Pithers (job share) in the first instance [email protected] . 

Why our staff love working here

The University

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022).  

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.