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Job title	Location	Salary

Customer Support - Maternity Leave cover	Ely	£8-£10 per hour
Maternity leave for up to one year to start 2nd week of January. Provide 1st line customer support to external customers and the sales/service teams. Ensure effective resolution of customer issues, professionally handle customer orders and requests, listening for and capturing customer feedback for improvement opportunities, accurately track equipment records and support all field team requests. You will need: Previous customer service experience Confident user of Microsft Office Excellent telephone and interpersonal skills Some experience of using SAP A friendly personality, happy to work effectively as part of a small team and prepared to go that little further.

Technical Assistant - Back End of Line	Godmanchester	£18,000 - £22,000
In this role you will provide support to the Back End of Line group by carrying out reliable and timely execution of experiments in the areas of cathode deposition. Using modelling software, you will execute experiments to explore dependence of Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) device performance on device structure. Fabricating devices using spin-coating, vacuum deposition and encapsulation techniques, you will work with the Back End of Line Engineers to integrate novel outcoupling architectures. Your role will include testing devices using a range of electrical and optical techniques, reflectivity and goniometric emission profiling and device results will be analysed and reported using in-house software and Excel. In addition, you will be required to produce and deliver presentations to internal and external meetings. You will ideally have a degree in Materials Sciences, Physics or Engineering plus experience of working in a laboratory and/or clean room environment. Previous knowledge of working with vacuum processing equipment would be preferred as would experience of microscopy and other thin film metrology. With exceptional interpersonal skills, you must be able to work on your own initiative and have good organisational skills and strong attention to detail. You should be able to prioritise effectively and work unsupervised for long periods without losing touch with the aims of the team. In addition, you will have an aptitude for proactively solving technical problems, whilst knowing when to seek expert assistance and will be able to react quickly and appropriately to changing priorities and unexpected demands. With strong computer literacy, you should be familiar with Microsoft Office products, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of statistical software packages would also be beneficial. This is an outstanding opportunity to be part of a dynamic environment where your contribution will earn full recognition and reward. This role includes an excellent benefits package.

Conference Manager - maternity cover start Feb 09	Cambridge	£23-25k pro rata
Experienced conference manager required from Feb '09-Aug '09 at least at this city centre location. You will be responsible for marketing and selling conference facilities and services and will have the particular brief of increasing useage of brand new facilities.You will actively seek new bookings and organise and execute conferences in their entirety. You will maintian the high standards expected and seek to improve upon these by liasing with internal and external bodies, improving marketing materials and strategies. You will have around 4 years experience within a conference environment with a sales focus, and membership of a professional sales/marketing body would be ideal. You will have the ability to identify and infiltrate potential markets and organise any form of support necessary to achieve identified goals. In general you should be well organised, computer literate, able to manage budgets, deal with people on all levels and from a variety of backgrounds, be ab;e to cope under pressure and have a flexible attitude.

Senior Secretary - Temp 15/12/2008 for 6 weeks approx	cambridge	£10-12 per hour
City centre institution require an experienced senior secretary. You will be working with a governing body and must have experience of taking minutes and devising agendas. You should be well organised, personable and be used to dealing with people at the highest level. Ideally you will have experience of committee work preferrably within an higher eduaction environment.

Project administrator - ASAP ongoing	Cambridge	£10 per hour
Dynamic successful company are looking for an online project administrator to help them for at least 3 months. Primarily you will continue the support of established projects, supporting the online tutors. New projects will also arise where you will be required to set up and maintain administrative systems for these. You will organise elements of recruitment, arrange meetings,training and relevant paperwork for these meetings. You will liaise with leaners with general enquiries and assist them with technical problems and with learning material. You will also administer tutor payments and other general forms of administration. You must be IT literate to a high level Word, Excel,PowerPoint,Outlook, Access and an ability to pick up and apply new technologies as practical solutions. You should be able to work quickly and accurately, be well organised, have excellent communication skills. You will have previous office experience have common sense and be willing to 'muck in'.

Senior Administrator	Cambridge	£12/hr
A senior administrator with experience of HR administration is required to work within this city centre institution. You should have good all round administration experience and be able to deal with people on all levels and from all backgrounds. You should be used to using Word, Excel, Access and bespoke systems to a high level. You should be well organised and be able to cope with a variety of different work at any one time. As 60-80% of the role is dealing with HR administration you should have previous experience in this area. You will be required to deal with advertisements and applications for jobs, sort Cvs and arrange interviews and issue any related correspondence. You will also record absences and holidays of existing employees and prepare paperwork for submission to the payroll department. This role requires someone who is flexible, organised, can follow policy and procedure, has an eye for detail, who has a 'can do' attitude and who can work as part of a team.

Legal Administrator	West Cambridge	£20-22k
6 month contract. Provide a confidential and efficient administrative service to the General Counsel. To be a central point of contact for producing and amending legal documents To provide a professional interface for the Legal department between internal and external customers. Main activities: Provide clerical and administrative assistance to the General counsel and assist with legal support activities such as preparing basic contracts and legal documents and gathering various documentation and information as requested. Coordinating signature, exchange, scanning and storage of legal agreements Issuing and processing standard non disclosure agreements on behalf of the company as directed by the General Counsel Maintenance of the legal database and creation of new records Maintain an accurate and up to date filing and reference system for all signed, original legal agreements and be able to source documents in response to appropriate requests To provide supplemental support to the Intellectual Property Department as and when required To work on ad hoc projects as assigned by the General Counsel to assist in the achievement of departmental objectives. Knowledge/Experience/Skills Ideally educated to A level standard or equivalent with aro0und 3 years' experience in an administrative role, preferably in a legal or similar environment. Knowledge of handling legal documents would be a distinct advantage. High levels of computer literacy, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Meticulous attention to detail Exceptional organisational skills Responsible, reliable, trustworthy Ability to deal with situations with tact and discretion Able to work on own initiative and demonstrate a proactive approach to work

Telephone interviewers - 3-4 weeks ASAP	Cambridge	£6/hr
A well respected and long established company based in the city centre require people to conduct telephone interviews. THESE ARE NOT COLD CALLS AND DO NOT INVOLVE SELLING. You are needed to call given people who have received funding from the government for particular projects. The questions are later analysed to establish the success of the grants. You should have a confident telephone manner, be polite and intuitive and be able to pick up information quickly. Hours of work are 9-5 with some flexibility.

Audio typist - part time to January	Cambridge	£8 per hour
Good accurate typist with experience of Audio typing is required to work Monday mornings, Tuesday mornings and either Thursday or Friday mornings. This role is available until the new year. This is an excellent and happy working environment where going to work is a pleasure!!!

Planning and Communications Assistant	Central Cambridge	£25,000 - £33,000
This role will support the Executive Manager and Scientific Co-ordinator of this Europe wide consortium of scientists. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a friendly and dynamic team. It is an interesting and varied role which will suit someone with excellent administrative and interpersonal skills and a 'can do' attitude. The main responsibility of the role will be to assist the Executive Manager with all aspects to the Project's administrative, financial and scientific reporting requirements. This will involve communicating on a daily basis with the Project's high profile scientists around Europe in order to collect and collate the required information. In addition the role holder will assist with the organisation of conferences, seminars and symposia. This will include raising sponsorship, producing publicity and information materials and general events administration. The role holder will also provide some assistance with the Project's outreach and PR activities by helping to maintain the Project's website in order to raise public awareness of the Consortium in the wider research community. The Project Office is a busy environment, so the role-holder must be able to prioritise and work to tight deadlines while maintaining a flexible approach. You will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. You will have a positive attitude, and be equally happy working on your own or as part of a team. It is essential that you can demonstrate excellent administrative skills, a close attention to detail/high level of accuracy and you will be patient but have a proactive approach to troubleshooting and problem solving. Candidates must be educated to a first degree level. They must be computer literate with excellent IT skills including web authoring. A scienitifc background is advantageous but not essential.

PA/Senior administrator - 27/10/08 ongoing	Cambridge	£11-12 per hour
City centre institution require and experienced PA and administrator. YOu should be organised, flexible and have excellent Microsoft Office skills. You should be comfortable in dealing with people face to face and on the telephone. YOu should be able to work under pressure and will ideally have experience of working within a higher education establishment.

Senior Administrator Co-ordinator - maternity leave	Cambridge	C £25k pro rata
Maternity leave cover for 6 months - one year. Working for a small and thriving consultancy with clients based World-wide. This role will cover: Resource Management, HR function, some marketing activities and some financial matters. Plus a full range of administrative tasks including answering the phone, updating client and prospect databases, filing and ordering supplies. The successful applicant will have several years relevant experience and will also have the following skills: Excellent communicator and teamworker Able to use own initiative Accurate and reliable Good telephone manner Efficient and flexible Proficient in Microsoft Office

Temporary Assignments!	Cambridge	£7-15 per hour
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