Executive Assistant – North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturing 2 Projec

Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland; Ireland; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A university in Northern Ireland is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative support for its North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturing 2 project. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of financial operating systems and will have experience in event organization and meeting servicing. This role plays a key role in assisting the principal investigator and contributing to the overall success of the project.

Qualifications

• Good standard of numeracy and literacy, either by qualification or work-related activities.
• Experience with monitoring grants or budgets within a financial operating system.
• Experience in organizing events and making travel arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the principal investigator and wider team.
• Organize events and make travel arrangements.
• Service meetings, including note-taking and contributing to actions from committees.

Skills

Numeracy and literacy

Financial operating system knowledge

Event organization

Meeting servicing

Job description

Executive Assistant – North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturing 2 Projec

We are a university with a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and regional engagement, making a major contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of Northern Ireland.

Our core business activities are teaching and learning, widening access to education, research and innovation and technology and knowledge transfer.

THE ROLE

The North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturing 2 (NWCAM2) project, which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The project is led by Catalyst, in partnership with Atlantic Technology University (ATU), North West Regional College, Ulster University, Trinity College Dublin and Irish Manufacturing Research Centre. NWCAM2 is a cross-border innovation initiative seeking to help 30 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the health and life sciences sector to embed and accelerate sustainable manufacturing in their businesses.

As a key member of the NWCAM2 team, the role holder will provide a comprehensive and professional administrative support service to the NWCAM2 principal investigator and wider team.

NWCAM2 is funded by the European Union through the PEACEPLUS Programme.

We may create a 12-month waiting list for same or similar roles within the Department/Faculty. The University reserves the right to extend the waiting list across the University if required for certain posts.

ABOUT YOU

The postholder will be required to have:

• A good standard of numeracy and literacy, either by qualification or work-related activities.
• Working knowledge of a complex financial operating system within an organisation, with experience of monitoring grants or budgets.
• Experience of organising events and making travel and related arrangements, and of servicing meetings in a business/work environment, including taking notes and making a personal contribution to the work/actions arising from committees/meetings.