Senior Administrator - Centre Of Excellence In Energetic Materials

Role Location: Shrivenham, Oxfordshire The Centre of Excellence in Energetic Materials (CoEEM) is a UK Government-driven initiative to pull together and champion essential national capability in Energetic Materials which include explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, and gas generators.  CoEEM aims to draw on UK-wide organisations, facilities, and academic centres to provide coordinated research, training, test & evaluation, and knowledge exchange. The Centre will act as a collaboratory to bring together government, industry, and academia to harness and nurture existing and new talent coming into this profession and to promote efficient and effective use of new and existing resources. About the Role This is a pivotal role in supporting the CoEEM team in the execution of its overarching objective which is to bring together and improve collaboration within the energetics community - nationally and internationally. As part of a small team, you will be the central point of contact for CoEEM. Duties will include providing critical administrative and secretariat support to the Programme Director, the CoEEM team and partners, and external stakeholders on a day-to-day basis as well as at various meetings, workshops, and other events. These CoEEM partners and external stakeholders hold senior posts within the MOD, industry, and academia and so you will be instrumental in ensuring their experience of CoEEM's services is professional, timely, effective, and consistently of high standard. About You You will be educated to GSCE/A Level standard (including Maths and English) or equivalent experience in administrator roles.  You will have demonstrable experience of working effectively with multiple and varied stakeholders - peer groups and demanding colleagues and external stakeholders, including at board and senior executive level.  Working under pressure to meet deadlines, while balancing competing priorities and without compromising their attention to detail is essential.  Experience within an Higher Education environment or defence sector is desirable. About Us As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here. Our Values and Commitments Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here. We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here. Working Arrangements Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners. How to apply                                            For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Purnima Patani at p.patani@cranfield.ac.uk.