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University and College Union have an opportunity for a Branch Administrator to join their team!

Reference Number: BA3

Location: Cardiff University, CF10 3AT (Working from the Branch office is currently on a voluntary basis)

Salary: £27,018 p.a. (£33,773 p.a. pro rata)

Hours: 28 pw (35 pw pro rata)

Job Type: Permanent, Part Time (0.8)

Closing Date: 27 November at 10.00 am

About Us:

The University and College Union (UCU) represents over 120,000 academics, lecturers, trainers, instructors, researchers, managers, administrators, computer staff, librarians and postgraduates in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education and training organisations across the UK.  We also have members in the private sector, for example in private training agencies and language schools, as well as members working on a freelance basis. Students training to teach in post-school education also belong to UCU. 

Branch Administrator – The Role:

The Wales Office is seeking an Administrator for its branch at Cardiff University to support its efficient running. In this interesting role you will be supervised locally at branch level whilst being under the overall line management of the Wales Official.

Branch Administrator – Key Responsibilities:

- Being the first point of contact for branch members, or potential members

- Assisting with the branch membership recruitment process

- Organising meetings and taking minutes

- Keeping the branch website up to date

Branch Administrator – You:

- The ideal candidate must be educated to GCSE level or equivalent experience (including Maths and English)

- Experience of a similar working environment and/or understanding of working for a trade union or other not-for-profit organisation

- Strong interpersonal skills

- Excellent IT skills

- Sound administrative experience

- Ability to plan and organise your own workload

Branch Administrator – Benefits:

- Generous holiday entitlement of 35 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, and 8 closure days with a pro-rata entitlement for part time staff

- Disability leave arrangements

- Special leave arrangements

- A range of family friendly policies and procedures with enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave schemes

- An Employee Assistance Programme that provides access to 24-hour confidential counselling

- Access to advice and face-to-face intervention from a Senior Chartered Physiotherapist through the award-winning Physiotherapy Advice Line service

- Healthcare Assessment

- Flexitime scheme available by agreement where employees can vary their start and finish times or lunch breaks within the set parameters of the Work Life Balance policy

- All employees are contractually enrolled into the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) where currently the employee contribution is approximately 6.1% of salary and the employer contribution is approximately 14.5% of salary

- Financial assistance with childcare

- Interest free season ticket loans to cover the cost of a second-class season ticket between home and the office

- UCU will assist with the cost of an eyesight test and the purchase of a basic pair of glasses, where these are required for DSE use 

- Access to over 300 eLearning modules through UCU’s online Training Room

Application Process

UCU is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Please complete the diversity and inclusion data when applying, even if you're not selected for an interview. This helps us ensure we're attracting a diverse range of candidates.

To apply for this exciting Branch Administrator opportunity, click ‘Apply’ now.

Closing date: 27 November at 10 am

Interview date: 11 December