Personal Assistant (PA)
Salary: £24,300 - £30,600
Location: Cambridge, Hybrid.
Contract: Permanent, Full Time.
Are you an experienced PA looking for a dynamic role within a leading academic organisation?
We're seeking an experienced and dynamic Personal Assistant (PA) to support our Global Propositions Director. If you are an enthusiastic and dynamic PA who is seeking a new challenge, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the English Propositions team where you can make a meaningful difference.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading publishing and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
As a Personal Assistant, you will provide proactive, confidential, and strategic administrative support to the Global Propositions Director and the Senior Management Team. Your key responsibilities will include:
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Managing the Director's diary, travel arrangements, and expenses.
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Organising and scheduling meetings.
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Taking minutes and summarising key documents for the team.
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Supporting the Director with various tasks such as travel bookings, meeting arrangements, and workshop moderation.
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Coordinating meetings and priorities with the wider Propositions Leadership Team.
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Prioritising tasks to meet deadlines and support the Director effectively.
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Exercising excellent judgment in decision-making and occasionally acting on behalf of the Director.
About you
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You are a seasoned Personal Assistant with strong MS 365 skills.
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You thrive as a team player who is diplomatic, trustworthy, and pragmatic.
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Your motivation and ability to work independently enable you to manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines. With excellent communication skills and attention to detail, you ideally have prior experience in global education.
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Your passion for teamwork and commitment to personal development align with our values of empowering our people and fostering a respectful global community.
If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
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28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
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Discretionary annual bonus
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Group personal pension scheme
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Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
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Green travel schemes
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 25 August 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place on early in to September.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
Personal Assistant PA