aim to deliver outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful regional and global impact.
Are you an organised administrator with excellent attention to detail and a passion for delivering high-quality support in a fast-paced environment?
As Catering Contract Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of the University's outsourced catering contract. Working closely with the Contract Manager, you will provide comprehensive administrative support across contract governance, stakeholder engagement, operational activities, performance reporting and service improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to work with colleagues across the University and Chartwells, helping to ensure the smooth operation of a strategic partnership that delivers catering and hospitality services to thousands of students, staff and visitors.
As Catering Contract Administrator you can expect to be involved in:
- Providing administrative support to the Contract Manager in the day-to-day administration of the outsourced catering contract
- Organising meetings, preparing agendas, coordinating attendance, taking minutes and maintaining action logs
- Collating key performance indicator (KPI), service level agreements (SLA) and operational information provided by Chartwells and University stakeholders
- Supporting the preparation and organisation of documentation required for audits, inspections & contract reviews
- Providing administrative support for sustainability initiatives, social value commitments & community engagement activities associated with the catering contract
What will you bring to the role?
- Previous experience in an administrative or clerical role
- Excellent organisational & time management skills
- Experience of organising meetings, maintaining records & managing documentation
- Experience of taking minutes & maintaining action trackers
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
What we can offer in return:
As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing.
You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:
- Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office & home working
- 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
- Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
- Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health
For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent
We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place.
Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/
Please see the 'Apply' link above to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number CS-427-26.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented at this level in this area
Further details:
Job Description
Additional Information
*Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received.
£27,319 to £30,378. Grade 5, per annum
