Administrative Assistant (part time 28 hours per week – fixed term 1 year)

  • Contract
  • London

The Royal College of Art


Job Summary

Do you thrive on working in an exciting, collegiate and creative environment committed to making a real difference in design, inclusion, sustainability and circularity?

Job Description

The Research Centres Administration Team is looking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to support the work across all four of our Research Centres:

  • Computer Science Research Centre
  • Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
  • Intelligent Mobility Design Centre
  • Materials Science Research Centre

You will work with the rest of the Research Centres Administration Team to provide day-to-day operational support to the Centres, ensuring a high-quality visitor and customer experience and coordination of Centre needs.

This includes booking travel and accommodation, procurement of materials and equipment, processing financial and HR data, supporting event logistics, coordinating online and social media content, monitoring Centre inboxes, inducting staff and students and providing support to Centre Directors, Head of Research Centres and Research Centres Manager.

Job Requirements

It is expected that the role will adapt to different ways of working across the four Research Centres and will assist colleagues according to the demands of fluctuating workloads, projects and research activity.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Administrative experience of working in a dynamic business and customer focused environment with the ability to deal with a variety of issues with tact and sensitivity.
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.
  • Experience in the use of financial systems and understanding of procurement and logistical processes and principles
  • Ability to successfully coordinate various strands of work
  • Ability to communicate well and with confidence to a diverse range of people both verbally and in writing, including external business partners.
  • Ability to manage and prioritise a heavy workload whilst retaining excellent interpersonal standards.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Administrative Assistant (part time 28 hours per week – fixed term 1 year)
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
  • Hours:
    Part time
  • Artform: Design
  • Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Closing date: Sun, 03 Aug 2025

  • Location:

    London

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Job: Administrative Assistant (part time 28 hours per week – fixed term 1 year)

Job: Administrative Assistant (part time 28 hours per week – fixed term 1 year)

Organisation: The Royal College of Art

Postcode: SW11 4NL

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