Part time Administrative Assistant (Children and Y

Cancer Research UK

Part time Administrative Assistant (Children and Y

£28000

Cancer Research UK, Manor Park, Newham

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 22b4ca2186604d058b0c735b3a023333

Full Job Description

We're looking for a dedicated Administrative Assistant for the Children and Young People's (CYP) Therapeutic Discovery. The role involves handling a variety of tasks, including scheduling meetings, booking conferences, training courses, travel and accommodation, organising files, preparing documents, and assisting with general office duties.

Key duties include:

  • Booking travel arrangements, conferences, and training courses.

  • Arranging external meetings and events.

  • Arranging all aspects of internal meetings, including booking rooms and ordering catering and pre-registering external visitors onto reception.

  • Taking minutes at meetings when required and circulating agenda and papers.

  • Processing invoices and purchase orders.

  • Prepare PowerPoint presentations and other documentation.

  • Diary management for senior individuals.

  • Ad hoc administrative duties requested by management., Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

    The ideal candidate will be motivated and enthusiastic, along with possessing a natural ability to juggle multiple responsibilities and tasks.


  • To take on this challenge, you'll have:
  • Experience of managing busy diaries which are primarily externally focused.

  • Experience of working within an administrative capacity for a large team (30 people plus).

  • Proven ability to manage multiple responsibilities and tasks with high attention to detail and flexibility.

    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.