Central Business Services Administrator

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Salary:

£28,081 to £31,387

Closing date:

21/03/2025

Description:

York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) is recruiting a Central Business Services Administrator to provide business support and administration for YHEC. YHEC is a health economics contract research and consulting company owned by, and based at, the University of York.

YHEC provides consultancy and research to a wide range of public and private sector bodies.

Main Purpose of the Job
The main purpose of the role is to provide business support and administration for YHEC. You will be part of the Central Business Services team, which currently comprises six people, and will report to the Office Manager. You will also regularly work with colleagues throughout the company.

Role:

Main Duties
You will apply a good working knowledge of systems, policies and processes to provide high quality support, answer queries and resolve problems. The job will be varied and interesting and you will undertake a range of administrative and business support tasks, for example:

General office and administrative duties.
Contributing to the development and improvement of our IT packages and systems.
Involvement in the maintenance and improvement of the office environment.
Ensuring adherence to processes and procedures.
Providing support with conferences, lead generation and marketing.

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and is subject to change. You may be required to undertake such other duties as the Office Manager considers appropriate within the scope of the post, bearing in mind that the overall workload should not be an unreasonable one.

Supervision Received
You will be able to work proactively, using your initiative, prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines whilst maintaining high standards of accuracy.
Sensitivity to confidential matters is essential and you will ensure that all information and data are managed in line with the relevant policies.

Terms of Employment
Posts at YHEC are permanent and subject to regular review of performance. Staff are appointed for a trial period of six months, following which employment will be confirmed, subject to successful performance. The role is office-based and you will be located at York Science Park.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed:

Qualifications
The role requires a good general education, with Level 2 qualifications including Maths and English (Level 2 qualifications include five GCSEs at grade A*-C/4-9; for more information, see Gov.uk’s qualification levels). We welcome applicants with equivalent qualifications or equivalent professional experience.Good IT skills are also essential and you will have knowledge of relevant IT applications and systems including MS Office and/or Google applications.

Personal Attributes and Experience

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
Positive and proactive, able to prioritise and to use initiative.
Committed to delivering consistently high-quality work and providing excellent support.
Able to identify opportunities for developing personal knowledge and skills, and for implementing continuous improvement
Managing a varied and wide-ranging workload and successfully handling conflicting deadlines and priorities.
Previous office experience would be advantageous.

What we offer:

Salary
YHEC is able to offer a competitive salary and has conventional commercial flexibility in annual salary reviews.
The salary will be in the range £28,081 to £31,387 subject to qualifications and experience. The post holder will be eligible to join the YHEC Group Pension Scheme. Membership of a defined contribution or defined benefit pension scheme is available subject to eligibility criteria being satisfied.

We have a generous annual leave allowance of 30 days per year, plus bank holidays.