Administrative Assistant

Overview

Provide administrative support to medical teams responding to disasters.

You have:

• Proven experience in an administrative support role.
• Proficiency in document preparation, including invoices and spreadsheets.
• Ability to manage travel arrangements efficiently.
• Capability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Are you an experienced Administrative Assistant with a solid background in providing rapid support in a humanitarian context?

• Role: Administrative Assistant

• Hours: Full-time

• Pay: £22,000 gross annual

• Duration: Short term – 3 months

• Location: UK-Med Office, Manchester, UK with hybrid working

About UK-Med

UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.

About the role

We are recruiting a skilled administrative assistant to join our HQ team to provide excellent administrative support. Our medical teams respond to disasters around the world, and we work with local emergency teams to build their resilience to future threats. Our work has never been more vital, with disasters becoming more frequent, complex, and severe. Can you help build a world prepared to help?

The successful candidate will work alongside our travel and admin coordinator playing a key role supporting every travel administrative aspect of the charity’s work by ensuring the smooth implementation of administrative processes.

You will bring experience of working in an administrative support role from preparing documents such as invoices, creating, editing, and updating spreadsheets to scheduling travel arrangements.

You will be good at working in teams as well as working independently with limited supervision.

You will be comfortable working at pace and thrive on achieving challenging objectives and meeting rapidly changing demands.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits along with a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference through humanitarian work.

To apply: We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack – Administrative Assistant – 2023 before applying for this role.

To apply, please submit a current CV and answer the application questions:

Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Friday 24 February, 2023.

UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.

UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.

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