Northumbria University Talent Pool Recruitment
Assistant Administrator work in the University
Administrative support is essential to many of the activities engaged in by the University. Consequently, administrative posts are to be found in a wide range functions across the organisation.
The types of activities administrative assistants are engaged in are very similar. These include:
- Dealing with personal and telephone callers
- Answering routine enquiries
- Data entry into large databases
- Operating processes required to carry out the main functions of administrative area
- Maintaining and developing electronic and paper based record systems
- Gathering, preparing and presenting data in Excel, Word, etc., reports
- Producing correspondence, minutes and other documents
- General office duties involving photocopying, maintaining stationery supplies, distribution of post, etc
A document specifying the skills, knowledge and abilities you will need to undertake these duties can be downloaded:
There are, of course, differences in terms of the subject matter of the above activities. To enable you to gain an impression of these variations and to assist you in completing the 'PREFERENCE SHEET Type of Work' section in the Application Form, Examples of Main Duties are available to download here.
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