Executive Administrator

Organisation

Cranfield University

School/Department

School of Management

Based at

Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Hours of work

37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.

Salary

Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £24,739 to £28,338 per annum, with potential progression up to £35,420 per annum

Cranfield University’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships is creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here .

Cranfield University, School of Management, Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management and Centre for Strategic Marketing and Sales welcomes applications from experienced administrators/team managers.

About the Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management and the Centre for Strategic Marketing and Sales

Cranfield School of Management (SOM) is a leading provider of innovative, practical management education focused on the outcomes for learners and organisations.  We are a world leader in research and education on leadership and management, delivering outstanding scholarship and excellent teaching through our distinctive academics and their direct engagement with practice.

Our Team within the Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management and the Centre for Strategic Marketing and Sales support a range of high profile programmes, including Customised Executive Development programmes for world leading companies, as well as full time and part time MSc programmes.  We also support three Research Clubs across the two centres.

Visit the Cranfield website to learn more about the School’s current research activities, taught programmes and impact:  Learn more about SOM.

Visit the Centre’s web pages to learn more about their current activities:

Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Centre for Strategic Marketing and Sales

About the Role

As the Executive Administrator you will provide proactive and professional administrative support to the Head of Centre, Senior Academics and nominated members within the Centre of Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management and Centre for Strategic Marketing and will act as a central point of contact for all administrative matters across these centres. In addition to this you will be responsible for managing the administrative team, ensuring a high quality of administrative service is achieved and maintained at all times.

About You

To be successful in what can be a demanding role you will be educated to a minimum A level standard, proficient in the use of Microsoft office and be able to demonstrate prior experience of providing a high standard of administrative support at an executive level to include diary management, minute taking, budgeting and forecasting. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a team with a varied and demanding workload.

In return, the successful applicant will have exciting opportunities for career development in this key senior position, and to support world leading research and education, joining a supportive team and environment.

Our Values

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here . We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential.

Diversity and Inclusion

Our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring has shown that women and minority ethnic groups are currently underrepresented within the university and so we actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from these groups.

Flexible Working

We actively consider flexible working options such as part-time, compressed or flexible hours and/or an element of homeworking, and commit to exploring the possibilities for each role.  To find out more, please visit https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/working-at-cranfield/diversity

For an informal discussion, please contact Professor Michael Bourlakis, by email in the first instance to; [email protected]