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Personal Assistant
Temporary
Full-time – 35 hours
Salary: £15.02/hour

We are looking for a temporary personal assistant who could start immediately for a one month assignment in the first instance. It’s an all-encompassing role in a fast pace environment with constant change and plenty of variety.

Essential attributes we are looking for are:

Personal assistant who has supported a senior leader with at least 12 months experience, preferably in a higher education setting

Extensive complex diary management across different time zones. 

Experience of arranging events and supporting recruitment projects

Conversant with Microsoft 365 especially, Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Power Automate would be a bonus

Capable of processing a high volume of email requests across multiple shared mailboxes

Results and detail orientated plus a team player with a can do attitude

Able to work at pace and context switch when handling a high workload whilst maintaining accuracy

Maintain confidentiality at all times

Professional, flexible, calm and presentable. At times, they could be receiving high profile guests on behalf of the Head of School and a people person is required.

We are looking for candidates who have previously worked at the University of Manchester and thus, conversant with our bespoke IT Systems to support procurement, travel bookings, recruitment projects, etc., and thus, able to hit the ground running.

If you are interested, please send your CV to (url removed)