Operations Administrator & PA

We're looking for an experienced Operations Administrator and PA to provide comprehensive administrative support across the Education Operations Directorate. The role sits within the Directorate Office and provides PA support to senior leaders, manages resources required by colleagues in the Directorate, supports recruitment of staff and HR processes, carries out finance administration, as well as supports the work of committees and review groups.

The role will have an initial focus on people administration within the Directorate and, working with Success Factors, support the recruitment lifecycle from approval to appoint through to onboarding new starters.

Whether you're an internal colleague looking for your next career move or an external candidate seeking a rewarding challenge, this role offers an excellent opportunity to broaden your experience and make a difference.

About You

The successful candidate will have proven experience working in a busy office environment, ideally within Higher Education. They will have excellent organisational and time-management skills, and will be adept at prioritising a demanding workload, acting quickly and accurately to meet tight deadlines.

We're looking for someone who is proactive, flexible, enjoys variety to their day and working with others.

You'll bring:
- Experience supporting managers, leaders or busy teams.
- Experience of recruitment and processing staffing changes.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.
- Confidence managing competing priorities and working independently.
- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential information.

About the Department

The Education Operations Directorate leads academic and student administration across the University and through the student lifecycle from enrolment to graduation. This spans service delivery, policy development, quality assurance, governance and supporting resolution when issues arise. Teams in the Education Operations Directorate act as centres of excellence and undertake specialist delivery, often in close collaboration with the teams in faculties and academic departments who operate within the policy and service delivery frameworks that we establish.

The Directorate Office provides the administrative and practical infrastructure that enables Education Operations to function effectively, working with an extended Directorate Operations team through protected portfolio administration assignments. The team provides executive support, people and finance administration, office arrangements and team culture and connection.

Benefits

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer access to flexible working. We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation.