Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer and VP Strategic Growth

Job description
The University of Surrey is seeking a high performing Executive Assistant. This is a pivotal role supporting both the Chief Operating Officer and the Vice President Strategic Growth – two senior executives driving operational excellence and ambitious strategic initiatives.

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

About the Role:

This is a role for an experienced, highly professional and discreet Executive Assistant. You will provide effective, efficient, high quality and confidential professional, executive and administrative support to the Chief Operating Officer and the Vice President, Strategic Growth, ensuring that they are well supported and equipped to deliver transformative outcomes for the University. Working on-site at our Stag Hill campus, the post holder will be working on a regular basis with members of the University senior leadership teams as well as senior external contacts.

About You:

The successful candidate should possess degree level qualifications or have relevant experience in a senior administrative role.

This is a very demanding role, with varied and complex tasks. The role requires someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills who is used to handling confidential information. The successful candidate will have excellent planning and organisation ability, and can adapt to changing demands and priorities, remaining calm and effective when working under pressure to tight deadlines.

If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Monica Gluhak (m.gluhak@surrey.ac.uk )

Interviews will take place on campus w/c 18th August.

Further Information:

Please apply through the University website with your CV, where there will also be some criteria questions to answer.

The University of Surrey reserves the right to close this vacancy early based on Volume and Calibre of applications.

Further details

Job Description