http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancies.aspx?cat=528&type=5 Latest job vacancies at Aston http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130182 http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130182 Group: Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Department: Careers, Placements and Employability | Closing Date: 30 Jun 2013 | Funded and supported by West Midlands' Universities, Graduate Advantage is a unique one stop shop to help employers find their perfect intern. Graduate Advantage is based at Aston University and part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The Internship Assistants will help to achieve the aims of the Graduate Advantage project with customer service and administrative support for internships delivery.  The post-holders will be the first point of contact for incoming employer briefs and graduate applications and will provide accurate data entry onto the Project’s CRM system. The successful candidates will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs or equivalent, and experience in a similar role, delivering excellent customer service, updating and maintaining databases, and working within set processes and systems.  You will have excellent IT skills, the ability to organise yourself and your work, and to convey information to others in an understandable and engaging manner. Any exposure to recruitment and selection processes and/or to working in a target driven environment would be an advantage. Administrative & Secretarial Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130187 http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130187 Group: Chief Operating Officer | Department: Human Resources | Closing Date: 30 Jun 2013 | This post is to provide maternity leave cover and is dedicated to providing high quality support to a key client area within the University (in this instance, the School of Life and Health Sciences).  The post holder will provide professional advice and guidance and will be physically located within the designated School. This is a generalist human resources business partnering role, encompassing recruitment, casework, job evaluation, dispute resolution, advisory and planning work.  You will also have the opportunity, as part of the wider professional HR team, to develop policy, procedures and good practice.  The University is seeking to establish a Medical School and this post holder will provide HR support and guidance in doing so.  This will involve setting up processes and systems as well as some creative thinking. We are looking for a HR professional with significant experience of recruitment and casework, a graduate and CIPD qualified or equivalent. The successful applicant will be pragmatic and diplomatic with the confidence and experience to coach managers in handling sensitive issues.  Good IT skills are essential as well as the ability to rapidly establish professional credentials with the client group.  The role is demanding and varied and the post holder will need to be able to prioritise and work under pressure.  Knowledge and experience of the NHS and/or the employment of clinical academics as well as experience within the education sector are essential. Administrative & Secretarial Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130162 http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130162 Group: Finance & Business Services | Department: Conference Aston | Closing Date: 19 Jun 2013 | An exciting new opportunity has arisen, within our multi award winning Hotel and Conference Venues, in Birmingham, to lead the Conference and Events Sales Team of a thriving proactive conference sales office. Providing focused supervisory support to the enquiry handling team. You will be instrumental in assisting the team to achieve sales targets, as well as enquiry handling, co-ordinating & providing customers with a high level of pre event services You will have experience in an administrative and supervisory sales related role, preferably experience working within the hospitality industry in a sales office environment.  You will demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, have a good telephone manner and enjoy working with customers both on the telephone and face to face.  Have the ability to work in a target led environment and to communicate effectively.  Knowledge of MS Office programmes (Excel, Word, Outlook) is essential and ideally knowledge of a hotel reservation system (Kinectic or similar). The ability to work to tight deadlines and be self-motivated, working unsupervised and a good team player are essential. Administrative & Secretarial Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130164 http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130164 Group: Chief Operating Officer | Department: Information Systems Aston | Closing Date: 21 Jun 2013 | We are seeking a highly motivated and customer-focused IT professional to contribute to the success of our ISA department.  Liaising with key stakeholders you will identify customer requirements and offer practical solutions to support University teaching programmes and assist and advise academic staff, students and researchers on ICT related issues. Educated to degree level in a relevant subject, candidates will have substantial experience in delivering secure, resilient and responsive ICT services, preferably in an educational environment. Candidates are required to have an excellent knowledge of Widows 7, windows 8, XP, Active Directory, Group Policy, LINUX, Mac OS X, TCP/IP, Networking, Wireless, Troubleshooting with high level written and oral communication skills. Good working knowledge of Windows vista, Microsoft Office 2010, SCCM 2007, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 administration and experience of working with a call management application are also essential. Administrative & Secretarial Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130165 http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/rss/click.aspx?ref=R130165 Group: Chief Operating Officer | Department: Information Systems Aston | Closing Date: 21 Jun 2013 | We are seeking a highly motivated and customer-focused IT professional to contribute to the success of our ICT department. Liaising with key stakeholders you will identify customer requirements, support University teaching programmes and assist and advise academic staff, students and researchers on ICT related issues. Educated to degree level in a relevant subject, candidates will have substantial experience in a customer focussed support role, supporting Desktop PCs and other related ICT equipment. In particular, candidates will have an excellent knowledge of Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Antivirus applications and good working knowledge of  Linux, Mac OS/X, Network (TCP/IP, Firewall, Wireless, Security) and Active Directory. Working knowledge of SCCM is highly desirable. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required, along with the ability to provide practical solutions and work as part of a team. Administrative & Secretarial Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT