Person Specification

Job Title:	Assistant Clerk to the Board of Governors
School/Service:	Executive Office

The qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and behaviours outlined above provide a summary of what is required to carry out this job effectively. They also form the selection criteria on which a decision to appointment will be made. Please ensure that you provide evidence of how you meet the criteria in your application.

No	Selection Criteria Description	Essential [E] or Desirable [D]	Assessed by *
1	Experience of providing directional support for meetings, including agenda preparation, meeting paper compilation and minute taking	E	A/I
2	High standard of literacy with the ability to draft correspondence and minutes of meetings	E	A/I
3	Experience of working in accordance with high standards with evidence of anticipating problems, improving standards and developing innovative customer solutions	E	A/I
4	Evidence of flexibility, the ability to organise a significant workload whilst balancing competing priorities and producing work to a high standard by agreed deadlines	E	A/I
5	Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information in simple and straightforward terms to Governors and Staff	E	A/I
6	Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work constructively with a wide range of Governors and Staff, including evidence of the use of tact, diplomacy and negotiation	E	A/I
7	Excellent IT skills, with comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and the ability to create/edit web pages	E	A/I
8	Effective and committed team player, able to work successfully with others and to build positive working relationships	E	A/I
9	Evidence of delivering positive customer service	E	A/I
10	Experience of working in an administrative role related to matters of governance in the HE sector or elsewhere	D	A/I
11	An understanding of the University’s strategy and values, with the ability to demonstrate behaviours that align to the values	E	I

* A - Application Form   I - Interview