Executive Officer

Location: University Square
Salary: £38,022 to £43,403 per annum inclusive of London Weighting
Post Type:  Full Time
Post Type:  Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 10 November 2023
Reference: 2710-23-PS

University of East London

We’re the University of East London (UEL) founded in 1898 and proud to change lives through education. Our goal is to advance industry 5.0 careers-first education and provide a clear path to the jobs and opportunities of the future. We’re committed to driving diversity in the 5.0 talent pipeline, working in partnership to promote talent wherever it is found and creating a balanced, inclusive, and green future.

But we can’t achieve this goal alone. We need forward-thinking, innovative, and curious individuals like you to join our community and help us craft our future. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of people who share your passion for creating positive change. We’re an inclusive and welcoming community that is constantly moving forward, never satisfied with the status quo.

About Us

The Royal Docks School of Business & Law is a contemporary and vibrant learning community where we focus on providing a transformational educational experience for our students. With a clear focus on creating graduates of the future, we are a key School within an ambitious University.

The School has strong links with industry partners from a range of sectors who help to inform and enhance our curriculum. We are going through several exciting developments with the ambition to become the leading post-92 School of Business and Law for career development. Part of this growth includes a range of new appointments that we are looking to make to add to our creative and ambitious faculty.

About the Job

 We are seeking a resourceful, innovative, and proactive Executive Officer to provide high quality, professional executive assistance to the Dean of the Royal Docks School of Business and Law.

About You

To be successful in this role you will need to posses:  

• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Strong time management and prioritisation skills
• Strong organisational skills and a great attention to detail
• Capable of working autonomously  and  also within a team environment
• Ability to always remain proactive, flexible and calm when under pressure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook.

Benefits Package

Here are UEL we understand it’s about more than just a salary. It’s about the entire package on offer along with our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture. We know the market rates for this vacancy and will offer a genuinely competitive salary DOE.

We care deeply about your wellbeing and our benefits includes: 20% pension (4% from you, 16% from us), 28 days holiday (inc 3 days over Christmas) plus bank holidays, hybrid working for most positions, and we’re always open to consider flexible working arrangements. We have a shared success bonus scheme of up to £5,000 pa, subsidised gym membership, 3 times base salary life assurance, a cashback healthcare scheme and wide variety of other generous benefits including discounts on; Apple and Samsung products, holidays, clothing, fitness, lifestyle, dining out and weekly shopping.

Equal Opportunities

UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and are proud of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity achievements, including: zero gender pay gap, members of Stonewall and have won Athena Swan awards. We expect all employees of UEL to accept our EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form.

We’re a disability confident employer and value all applications. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

So, if you’d like to take your career to the next level with us here at the University of East London and are inspired by our environment and commit to success, we want you to apply today!

Further details: Job Description & Person Specification      More information on RDSBL     

To contact the recruitment team please phone +44 20 8223 3000  x 4600 or e-mail [email protected]

CVs without a completed application form will not be accepted.

At UEL we are committed to working together to build a community which values diversity in both our staff and student populations, is representative and inclusive, enabling all to progress and thrive.