The UK’s leading Egyptological organisation, the Egypt Exploration Society, is looking for an enthusiastic and well-organised Office Manager to play a pivotal role within the team.
This is an exciting but demanding role in which the successful candidate will have proven experience of office administration. You will be proactive and able to manage your own time and prioritise effectively. You will be responsible for overseeing the London office administration, information, systems and the premises, while also supporting the Director and Board of Trustees, and will be comfortable dealing with EES members, contractors, and other members of the public. You will also maintain close contact with the Society’s Cairo Office to ensure systems and processes are applied consistently throughout the organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation with a rich history which has recently undergone a series of changes to prepare it for the challenges ahead. The successful candidate will be working within a friendly, passionate and energetic small team and involved, to a greater or lesser extent, with all aspects of the business; they therefore must be a team player. They will enjoy a busy office environment and a varied and challenging working day, and will need to have experience working within an office and, ideally, an interest in ancient Egypt. As part of a small team, this position brings with it a high level of responsibility.
If you consider yourself to be an organised and enthusiastic team player with the ability to deal with multiple tasks then please apply directly.
Full details including a job description and person specification are available here. An application form is available via Google Docs here. You will not be required to log-in to Google and we recommend that on opening the page you click 'file' at top left and then 'download' the form to your computer for editing.
Terms of Employment
This is a full‐time post, based in the Society’s London Office. The successful applicant will be responsible to the Director and will be appointed on a permanent basis but with a six‐month probationary period.
Salary: £24-28,000 pa, payable by monthly instalments.
Pension: The Society will contribute 5% of the gross salary to the Office Manager’s pension following the six‐month probationary period, on condition that the employee makes a contribution of 3%.
Notice Period: One calendar month
Application Process
An application form is available for download here and must be returned by e‐mail to application@ees.ac.uk. Do not include a covering letter or a CV as only the form will be considered by the selection panel. If you would like to discuss the post further on an informal basis, please contact the Director, Dr Chris Naunton: chris.naunton@ees.ac.uk.
Applicants are also asked to complete this form to enable us to monitor our recruitment process in relation to the equal opportunities policy.
The closing date for applications is 5pm (GMT) on Monday 11 March 2013. First interviews for short‐listed candidates will be held at the Society’s London Offices during the week commencing Monday 25 March 2013. Candidates will also be required to take a short written exercise prior to the interviews.