Job Description

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Reference number

415287
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Salary

28,268
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

Other###

Contract type

Temporary###

Length of employment

12 months###

Business area

Quality and Standards Assessment Management###

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

2

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Stoke Gifford BS34 8SR

About the job

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Job summary

About us:

The Office for Students (OfS) is the independent regulator of higher education in England. We aim to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers.

About the role:

You will be based in the Quality and Standards Assessment Management (QSAM) team, supporting internal and external members of Quality and Standards Assessment Committees (QSAC). Key responsibilities include:

managing and monitoring email enquiries (internal and external); providing administrative support to other projects and assignments as required; arranging training sessions for QSAC members; providing assistance for recruitment activities for external academic assessors; engagement with stakeholders across Quality and Standards Assessment teams. ###

Job description

The aim of the role 'Project Support Administrator' is to provide high quality and pro-active support to specific teams, enabling them to carry out their roles as effectively as possible. Key responsibilities include working with other administrators to contribute to best practice; and proactively adding to the development and improvement of relevant administrative processes. The role requires engagement with internal and external stakeholders in order to plan and manage activities related to the functions of those they support.###

Person specification

About you:

The key person attributes to fulfil this role are:

strong written and verbal communications skills attention to detail and organisational skills flexibility and team-working knowledge of MS software and programmes.

The Office for Students culture is based on the values of Ambition, Learning, Diversity and Openness, within which are grouped our competencies. The behaviours we demonstrate when we do our job are as important as getting the job done.

Ambition - Seeing the bigger picture; Making effective decisions; Delivering at pace Learning - Developing self and others; Challenging and improving; Managing a quality service Openness - Communicating and influencing; Collaborating and partnering; Inclusive leadership

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 28,268, Office for Students contributes 8,189 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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Selection process details

Application process:

There are 3 online application questions to complete, alongside providing a summary of your career to date, which will allow you to demonstrate your relevant experience against selected key requirements of the role.

Working for us

The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.



We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.


At the OfS, we recognise that flexibility can enable people to work more effectively. A set of organisation-wide principles shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This would usually mean working from the office for two or three days in a typical week.


To attract the widest possible field of qualified applicants, flexible working and part time working apply to this role.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.###

Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : The Recruitment Team Email : recruitmentteam@officeforstudents.org.uk Telephone : 0771 931 7444
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Recruitment team

Email : recruitmentteam@officeforstudents.org.uk ###

Further information

https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/careers/