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CPACT Administrative Assistant
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Salary: £28,031 - £30,378* (0.8 FTE pro-rata - £22,425 - £24,302) (0.6 FTE pro-rata – £16,819 - £18,227)
FTE: *Please note that both 0.8 FTE (28 hours/week) and 0.6 FTE (21 hours/week) will be considered for this post
Contract Type: Fixed Term (24 months)
About CPACT
The Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology (CPACT) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving 21 universities/research institutes and 44 companies. The administrative centre of CPACT is based at the University of Strathclyde within the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
The activities of CPACT involve research, knowledge transfer and training in the areas of analytical chemistry, data analysis, process optimisation, and process performance monitoring. Experts in leading universities work with technology vendors and manufacturing companies in the energy, fine/speciality chemicals, petrochemicals, agrochemicals, food and pharma/healthcare sectors to advance the use of real-time process analysis and process optimisation technologies in manufacturing. In essence, CPACT is an international community of practice based on collaboration between manufacturing companies that deploy advanced measurement and control technology, vendors of the technology – hardware and software, and innovators of new technological solutions for process analysis and control.
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Role Overview
CPACT wishes to appoint an Admin Assistant to support engagement with the member organisations, promote CPACT, and contribute along with other members of the admin team to the organisation of various activities which include committee meetings, webinars, other on-line events, in-person courses, workshops and the APACT conference.
Qualifications and Experience
You will be suitably qualified with experience in the following:
- Experience of working with multiple partner organisations
- Organisation of on-line and in-person events and activities
- Experience of using various forms of marketing communications including social media (e.g. LinkedIn)
- Creative thinker, happy to share and try new ideas
- Website management, for example updating content
- Experience of preparing marketing material
You will be IT literate, with experience of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Word, Outlook and Excel. It would also be good if you have a knowledge of Canva. You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will also have excellent interpersonal, and team working skills and have the ability to communicate with business managers at all levels in academia and industry.
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You should also be experienced in organising your own workload, within a busy office environment, and you will have an ability to work under pressure, using your own initiative. A willingness to contribute flexibly to a range of administrative tasks is essential. Experience of working in an HE environment, or similar, and familiarity with university procedures and regulations (e.g. Finance Office, Purchasing/Procurement) is desirable but not essential.
Application Information
Initial interviews have been scheduled for October 2026 (date to be confirmed).
For informal enquiries, please contact Natalie Kerr, CPACT Administration Manager at natalie.kerr@strath.ac.uk
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