Professional Assistants at the Institute of Technology & Management (ITM)

Institute of Technology & Management (ITM) - Established by the Cross River State Government (CRSG) of Nigeria in partnership with Highbury College Portsmouth, UK as part of a unique, transformational state wide Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Ecosystem project CRSG has appointed Highbury to manage ITM to world-class standards.

The vision is to develop a world-class entrepreneurial polytechnic institute, the first of its kind in Nigeria. The Institute will have student success as its central mission and will focus on wealth creation, business formation/growth and employment outcomes to meet the needs of students and the local communities of Cross River State, Nigeria and beyond.

We seek qualified candidates to fill the position of:

Job Title: Professional Assistant

Location: Cross River State, Nigeria

Job Description

• The Professional Assistant is responsible for providing high quality support to the Rector, assisting the Rector to manage their workload effectively, undertaking a variety of tasks on behalf of the Rector and to be the initial point of contact for most communications.

Main Duties

• Provide a high level of administrative/secretarial support to the Rector.
• Assist the Rector in the effective performance of the role by recognizing, prioritising, diverting them to other senior managers for action where appropriate.
• Acting on behalf of the Rector in routine delegated matters.
• Drafting/progressing/chasing/collating reports/papers/documents requested by/on behalf of the Rector.
• Keeping the Rector appointments diary, arranging and preparing for meetings, visit, events.
• Arranging all overseas travel documentation on Institute related business, including Risk Assessment, Visas and Overseas Travel paperwork.
• Dealing with initial telephone and email matters.
• Organising and maintaining and archiving filing systems, paper-based and electronic. Organising, screening and prioritising incoming post and distributing as appropriate.
• Undertaking initial reading of papers and literature sent to the Rector and making verbal and written precis for information.
• Researching for information inside and outside the Institute.

Essential Criteria

• Good standard of education including GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths/English (Grades A* to C).
• Shorthand, computer literacy Inc. Microsoft Office, word processing and Excel spread sheetwork.
• Evidence of on-going professional updating and development and evidence of substantial measureable achievements.
• Experience of working with a CEO and senior managers.
• Experience of working as a member of a team.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Experience of managing a diverse workload and the ability to follow and review processes.
• Experience of gathering, analysing and assessing information.
• Understanding of safeguarding in the context of education.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal skills including experience of drafting correspondence, reports and accurate meeting notes.

Remuneration
N535, 000

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2014.

Start Date
ASAP

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to: Highbury@R21media.co.uk

Note: The college reserves the right to modify the deadline date.