Clerical Officer (Grade 5)

The School of Nursing & Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit a Clerical Officer (Grade 5) for 12 months. The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive clerical support service to the School with the main areas of responsibility covering financial management, extended workforce administration and general administration.

Established in 1991, Queens School of Nursing & Midwifery provides a range of innovative programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, which prepare nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals for leadership roles in clinical care, teaching, management and research.

With approximately 3,500 students, the School has one of the most extensive portfolios of programmes of any nursing and midwifery school in the UK or Ireland.

The overall vision of the School is to provide a learning community committed to excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and practice that contributes to local and global efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of society.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Academic and/or vocational qualifications i.e. NVQ Level 3, A levels (2 or more A levels) in a relevant subject(or equivalent) OR substantial relevant work experience.
• A minimum of four years' recent relevant work experience to include:
  • Experience of financial resource administration and co-ordination.
  • Experience of procurement of goods/services.
  • Experience of HR processes and procedures.
  • Experience in producing, analysing and interpreting complex data and composing reports to inform complexmanagement decisions.
  • Experience of physical resource management such as planning complex timetabling/accommodation schedules.
  • Experience of Supervisory/line management responsibility, assigning duties and monitoring workload.
  • Experience of servicing meetings, to include taking and drafting minutes, preparing reports.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on our website.

This post is available for 12 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/