HR Assistant

Job Description

To work as part of the Recruitment and HR Operations Teams to provide a quality, timely, customer focused HR recruitment/contractual administration/transactional service to key stakeholders, job applicants and customers throughout the Queen Mary community. 

To assist with a range of administrative support appropriate to the grade and as required within the HR team, by managers and employees, abiding by all HR policies and procedures and making sure key associated tasks are delivered.

This role will pre-dominantly be administering the end-to-end processing of the lifecycle for QMUL?s Teaching Assistants/Fellows and other bulk engagement seasonal staff. Working alongside one other HR assistant, you will be supporting the HR Recruitment and HR Operations teams to provide high quality HR administrative support for this cohort of staff.



Qualifications

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Skills
  • Administrative experience with the demonstrable ability to work on own initiative and take ownership of allocated activities

Desirable:

  • Previous experience of working within a Human Resources environment 
  • Previous experience of working with HR systems
  • ResourceLink experience would be a distinct advantage 
  • Experience of working in a large and complex organisation 
  • Experience of working in a high-volume fast-paced environment would be a distinct advantage

Skills

  • Comfortable with repetitive administrative tasks.
  • Excellent IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages specifically Word, Excel, and Teams
  • Good written and oral communication skills and numeracy skills
  • Strong customer service skills
  • The ability to manage conflicting priorities and work well under pressure
  • Demonstrable team working ethic and skills
  • A keen interest in Human Resources and an awareness of and/or willingness to learn about relevant employment legislation
  • Able to draft written correspondence, including contractual correspondence and emails, to a good standard
  • Ability to present information clearly and concisely using Microsoft Office packages
  • Able to deal sensitively with confidential information
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Organised, methodical and accurate with excellent attention to detail
  • Demonstrable focus on continuous improvement

Other

*The ability to meet UK ?right to work? requirements.

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Qualifications

Must be a pending/recent graduate of the NIIHD WTPP.



Skills

Must be a pending/recent graduate of the NIIHD WTPP.

Main purpose of the job: 

 

To provide support to the examination process. 

 

Main Duties: 

 

To support the Head Invigilator/ Examination Team with the day-to-day operation of examination venues. This may include (but not limited to): 

 

assisting with setting up examination venues by laying out stationery, equipment and examination papers in accordance with the outlined procedures; 

assisting candidates prior to the start of examination by directing them to their seats and advising them about possessions permitted in examination venues;  

offering advice and guidance to unregistered candidates without allocated seats; 

ensuring that candidates do not talk once inside the examination venue; 

invigilating during examinations, dealing with queries raised by candidates and dealing with examination irregularities in accordance with strict procedures; 

checking attendance during examinations; 

recording details for early leavers and collect their scripts; 

escorting candidates from the examination venue during the examinations as required, and supervising candidates whilst outside the examination venue; 

collecting and collating scripts at the end of the examination in accordance with strict procedures; 

assisting with the preparation of script envelopes; 

supervising candidates leaving the examination venues, ensuring that candidates do not remove equipment or stationery from the venue without authorisation and ensuring that candidates leave in an orderly and quiet manner; 

 
 



Qualifications

NA



Skills

To assist the Examination Team with other examination processes, such as: 

packing of examination papers, stationery and equipment prior to the examinations and the delivery to and from venues as appropriate; 

preparation of seating plans; 

delivering scrips to departmental and school offices. 

Person specification desirable: 

An understanding of examination processes 

Effective oral/written communication skills 

Skills and knowledge, essential: 

Good numeracy skills 

Accuracy and attention to detail 

Flexible approach to work 

Ability to relate to academic staff and students 

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines 

 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Tissue Bank Technician to provide technical support to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund Tissue Bank (PCRFTB), to enable comprehensive, efficient and effective service to internal and external researchers. In particular, sample processing, quality control, management of PCRFTB samples, general house-keeping and stock taking. 

This is a full time position for a duration of 3 months. We will be paying the successful candidate between ?17.97 - ?21.62 per hour plus holiday pay depending on experience. 

 



Qualifications

First Degree in biological sciences

Minimum of 2 A Levels in relevant subjects (e.g. Biology, Chemistry)



Skills
Working knowledge of Health and Safety, COSHH and GCP regulations and an understanding of the implications of compliance with the Human Tissue Act (HTA)
Knowledge of laboratory health and safety procedures
Experience in handling and processing human tissue in an oncology research environment
Experience of sample archiving and management using LIMS
Experience of managing databases to identify sample cohorts
Experience in nucleic acid extraction
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
Ability to follow written and oral instructions
Ability to organise own workload and respond to changing priorities
Experience of using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint) 
Ability to work both independently and as a supportive member of a team
Excellent written and verbal communication
Ability to maintain accurate and complete records
Ability to improve processes
Other
Friendly, positive and professional disposition to establish and maintain effective working relationship with others
Willingness to work flexibly in order to achieve project demands 
Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision 
Organised and methodical, and able to use own initiative where appropriate 
Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive data 
Willingness to work on different sites
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