Buying and Administrative Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Finance department as a Buying and Administrative Assistant in the Purchasing Team.

Provide straightforward advice and support to University staff, students and suppliers, for sourcing purchases and buying administration. Providing a professional and courteous service to staff, students and suppliers via email, telephone and face-to-face enquiries, to ensure efficient and effective purchasing.

Working within specific categories or areas, responsible for:
- Ordering and Processing – responsible for the end-to-end process including ordering, goods receipting and management of the order
- Providing advice and support to University staff, students and suppliers by being the first point of contact for buying administration
- Flexibly supporting Buying and Buying Administrative activities as required
- Acting as a contract champion to support efficient and effective purchasing across categories

As a Buying and Administrative Assistant you will have excellent organisation, communication and customer service skills, be able to work well as part of a busy team and be confident posing questions to staff at all levels in a professional manner. The University is a diverse organisation and our purchasing reflects this; common sense and a sense of humour are essential.

Previous experience of working in a large organisation and with financial systems would be useful, but not essential as training will be given.

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are pro-active in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. We are open to a flexible working approach and give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly and those who have taken a career break. We have adopted a hybrid working model across the university combining working from home with regular time on campus.

Benefits include a 36 hour working week, a generous holiday allowance starting at 20 days annual leave (increasing to 24 days after 4 years of service), plus a further 6 university closure days and 8 UK bank holidays, access to a pension scheme, subsidised health and fitness facilities and a range of discounts.