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Team Administrator - Cancer Grand Challenges
Salary : £28,000 - £32,000 pa + benefits depending on experience
Contract type/ hours: Permanent / full time 35 hours (flexible working requests considered)
Location: Stratford, London (High flex - we’d expect you to be in the office a minimum of 2 days a week)
Application Deadline: Sunday 23rd October at 23.55
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we we’re looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.
About the team
Cancer Grand Challenges is a global funding initiative founded in 2020 by the two largest funders of cancer research in the world: Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US
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Our unique partnership has created an exciting opportunity to bring together the collective insight and expertise of CRUK and NCI and will enable the initiative to scale significantly over the coming years. Cancer Research UK will deliver the initiative on behalf of the partners.
If you’re interested in working for Cancer Grand Challenges, at Cancer Research UK, we have an exciting opportunity for a Team Administrator - Cancer Grand Challenges.
What will I be doing?
The Team Administrator for Cancer Grand Challenges (CGC) will collaborate with all team members and provide administrative and project support for the CGC initiative. This will include supporting the Director of CGC, Leadership team and team members with diary management and travel arrangements. You will also provide administrative and logÃstical support to our funding and advisory committees and support the smooth running of our governance and reporting processes.
Key duties include:
- Support the Director of Cancer Grand Challenges including diary management, travel planning and arrangements and general administrative support- Support the wider Leadership Team of Cancer Grand Challenges, including diary management and general administrative support- Working with the Programme Manager, provide administrative support for team HR and finance processes including invoicing- Plan and arrange travel (national and international) for the team- Support Cancer Grand Challenges governance functions including organising team and initiative meetings, developing and coordinating papers and minutes and actions
What skills are we looking for? - Experience of supporting senior staff including diary management and working with external travel and accommodation agencies to book travel- Excellent administrative skills including meetings logistics, including development of minutes and actions- Basic finance administration skills including processing expenses, raising purchase orders and processing invoices- Experience of working within a project support capacity for a team or initiative, including basic knowledge of project planning and project delivery and associated documentation- Experience of supporting project reporting including collation and coordination of multiple data sources and information- Strong communication skills, including supporting the development of documents and coordinating input from multiple stakeholders- Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office 365
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What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.
We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
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