Office Manager

Department: School of Engineering and Materials Science
Salary: £38,165 - £44,722 per annum (pro-rata) (Grade 4)
Reference: 1965
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 19 April 2024
Closing date: 6 May 2024

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Overview

About the Role 

 Applications are sought for an experienced Officer Manager with excellent organisational, communication and administrative skills. This role will provide comprehensive support to the Nanoforce Chief Executive Officer and work with the wider team, working with external customers, Nanoforce Board & staff. 

About You 

 The successful candidate will be working in a dynamic scientific and high technology environment and will have: 

• Experience as an Office Manager/Executive PA at Board level to a Limited company. 
• Experience in using a range of IT systems and processes including financial, portfolio, CRM, Office 365 suite and working with Business customers. 
• Extensive experience of preparing agendas, presentation materials (using, for example, Microsoft Powerpoint) and other relevant documentation, as necessary ahead of meetings, including Board meetings, liaising with University colleagues and external partners as appropriate.  
• Experience of having contributed to projects at a strategic level on behalf of senior management. 
• Ability to track finances & provide reporting updates against budgets. 

About Nanoforce Technology Limited 

 This post is within Nanoforce Ltd., a spin-out company of Queen Mary University of London, which was set up to provide a link between the research activities of the School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) & industry. Nanoforce operates in a range of areas including polymer/composite processing, ceramics processing, bioengineering and medical devices. Nanoforce is also looking to extend into other areas. (http://www.nanoforce.co.uk/). 

About the School 

SEMS is a large School with approximately 100 academic staff and 45 postdoctoral research staff. There are around 1800 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and 220 PhD students. Circa 45 administrative and technical staff support the staff and students. The staff and student body are international in make-up. 

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.

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

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

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. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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