Business Support Assistant (HR & Contracts)

About the Role

The post holder is responsible for enabling the School to meet its operational needs. The Business Support Assistant has specific responsibility for administrative activities relating to recruitment, induction, and co-ordination of staff training requirements. They will be a main point of contact for these activities in the school.

About the Department 

The School of Economics and Finance is a leader in teaching and research at both the national and international level. It has a range of both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including programmes that are jointly run with other Schools. The School has over 800 undergraduate students, and over 1000 postgraduate taught students. It offers excellent facilities and resources to enhance learning, including offering training and access to real time trading software to both UG and PGT students.   

The School is located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences which comprises of nine Schools. 

About You

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a Higher Education setting and experience of Human Resources and staff recruitment. They will have knowledge of legislation / processes relating to the recruitment of staff, including knowledge of ‘right to work’ and visa related requirements. 

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.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

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
In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.

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.