Deputy Administrative Officer
University of Derby
Derby
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
Job overview
Inspire, Innovate, Impact.
At the University of Derby, people are at the heart of everything we do. As a major, local employer we not only offer one of the region’s most competitive reward packages, but we are also constantly recognising and rewarding individual contribution, as well as helping to develop colleagues both personally and professionally. We take pride in being a really friendly, supportive and innovative workplace and we are genuinely committed to offering colleagues the opportunity to develop a fantastic, long-lasting career here with us.
We encourage applications from a diverse workforce who can help us achieve our desire to be the ambitious student’s natural choice for quality, support and achievement.
About the role
This role requires co-ordination of activities supporting organisational systems and processes and will involve the creation and maintenance of efficient and effective systems which may entail information technology.
The role holder will have responsibility for specific areas of work from start to finish and as such will be responsible organising and prioritising workloads within required timelines. Some role holders may have responsibility for the work allocation / supervision / guidance / monitoring of a small number of staff including involvement in the performance review process
Most work will require forward planning, usually to meet known medium term deadlines. This role will involve frequent interaction with others where initiative to resolve problems and queries will be required.
Benefits
- Accessible location; Derby is a thriving, multi-cultural city with easy access from any location within the UK
- Competitive rates of pay
- Competitive, family friendly reward packages
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Discount savings scheme and extensive staff discounts on accredited courses for yourself or family to study here at the University
- Cycle2Work scheme and subsidised travel
- Vast programme of training courses and secondment opportunities
- Local recognition scheme
- Two annual staff award ceremonies
Application procedure
For more information and to apply on-line, please click the link next to “Application Address”.
About University of Derby
- University of Derby
- Kedleston Road, Derby
- Derbyshire
- DE22 1GB
- United Kingdom
Due to open in September 2015, The Derby Manufacturing UTC will provide innovative, dynamic, and empowering education and training for young people who have an interest and aptitude for engineering and technological based careers. With a focus on engineering and emerging technologies, our aim is to develop young people who are skilled, professional and enterprising - who can make a significant contribution to reinvigorating Engineering and Science in Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands.
The sponsors and partners of the Derby Manufacturing UTC believe that the development of this new UTC will have a positive impact on the lives of learners, our communities, and the engineering and emerging technology based industries across Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands. The UTC will make a significant contribution to the raising of awareness of the sustainability issues affecting this country and throughout the world through its partnerships with engineering and emerging technologies industries in the conurbation. In addition the UTC will be a catalyst for supporting the raising of standards in surrounding schools, at all levels, through the sharing of outstanding practice.
The UTC will bring together the established skills of the partner organisations to collectively drive forward an increase in the available opportunities for young people in the city. The UTC will use innovative and technologically advanced methods of teaching and learning, will increase participation on learning programmes with essential elements of vocational and work based learning, will inspire young people to achieve above their expectations and will drive forward an increase in the skill set of the workforce within the Derby area. It will provide opportunities for learners to access high quality contextualised learning programmes, enhanced by close links, with employers and stakeholders across the wider Derbyshire area. The UTC will transform the educational opportunities and outcomes for young people from across the region by providing a challenging and innovative work-related curriculum.
With a distinctive focus on developing multidisciplinary skills through both academic and practical experiences, the UTC will improve youth employability in engineering and emerging technologies in Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands.
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