Administration Assistant

You will work as part of a team in the Departmental Office, providing administrative support to the Directors of our P3 (Plant Production and Protection) Centre. P3 is a translational biology centre within the department that aims to capitalise on our state of the art facilities scientific and expertise to foster collaborations with major industrial partners to apply agricultural technologies generated in APS to real-world problems. This is an exciting opportunity to support this new project from the outset. Support will include booking travel and accommodation arrangements, requisitioning, basic expenditure monitoring, keeping diaries for the lead academic staff and dealing with queries, personally, by phone or by email. Applicants should be proficient in MS Office applications (in particular Word and Excel) with excellent communication skills. Excellent customer services skills are also an essential requirement of this role. You will have a minimum of 5 GCSE’s at grade C or above, including Maths and English or equivalent experience. Previous experience of working in an administrative role and an interest in plant sciences/ or agriculture is desirable.