Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support
New opportunity not to be missed. NFER is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support to join the team based in Slough. Joining us on a full time permanent basis, you will receive a competitive salary of circa £23,000 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.
NFER is an independent research organisation, which undertakes projects in all sectors of education. Joining our friendly, hard-working and successful Research and Product Operations team you’ll help make a positive difference in education.
As a Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support, you will undertake clerical work involved with the administration of surveys, coding and marking events, products and test development work.
The Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support role entails:
- Supporting large scale projects with pack and dispatch and checking research, data and assessment materials
- Logging and checking materials and data
- Taking a lead role in specific projects and supervising staff
- Supporting marking events management and attending off-site events
- Telephoning to gather information from schools and individuals
- Supporting both our telephone unit team and test administrator team when required
About you
To be successful in this Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support role you will need to have a flexible approach and a willingness to adapt to all task with good team working experience.
You will also be able to demonstrate:
- Good organisation skills with an ability to forward plan a set of tasks against several projects within a fixed timescale and work within that plan
- Good technical skills with the ability to create accurate electronic records and to use Excel and mail-merge
- The ability to communicate effectively in writing, on the telephone and in person
- Strong attention to detail
- An ability to work on own initiative, plan and prioritise work without supervision
Internally, the Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support is known as a Senior Survey Support Officer
About us
A registered charity with an income of £18 million and 210 staff. We undertake around 200 research projects every year, spanning all sectors of education and childrens services. Our clients include UK government departments and agencies at both national and local levels, which benefit from NFER's full range of expert and professional services. Our purpose is to provide independent evidence which improves education and training and hence the lives of learners.
We offer a pleasant office environment within beautiful green surroundings, close to Windsor and Slough town centres; connections by road, rail and air are excellent – we are within easy reach of the M4 and M40, London Paddington is 15 minutes by rail and with free parking. We believe in a work life balance with 30 days paid leave per year, over and above Bank holidays plus additional discretionary days, good support for staff development and generous pension arrangements.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this Senior Administration Officer - Survey Support opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ for further details and an application form.
Completed applications should be submitted by Midnight 13 May 2018.
Interviews taking place 21 and 22 May.
No Agencies please, if you are an agency please respect our policy of no cold calling.
The NFER is an equal opportunity employer and a Registered Charity (No. 313392).