Portfolio Assistant
Cancer Research UK, Babraham, Cambridgeshire
Portfolio Assistant
£25000-£28000
Cancer Research UK, Babraham, Cambridgeshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 5 days ago, 29 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Location ref: Babraham, Cambridgeshire
Full Job Description
- Organise deadlines to receive and collate presentation materials from contributors.
- Work with Portfolio Lead to manage meeting invite lists
- Co-ordinate with operations teams to manage scheduling and permissions.
- Circulate meeting outputs & produce summaries of outstanding actions. Document & Information Management
- Ensure portfolio documents are stored consistently and can be easily located.
- Manage consistency for portfolio & project documents with current templates.
- Support preparation and formatting of reports, presentations and meeting materials.
- Support implementation of new templates, trackers and ways of working. Support portfolio tracking and reporting
- Co-ordinate data collection for portfolio reporting.
- Generate routine reports and status updates using agreed templates.
- Support maintenance of accuracy and completeness of portfolio information.
- Handle routine portfolio administration activities and triage helpdesk requests.
- Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes.
- Ad hoc duties as required
As Portfolio Assistant, you'll be at the heart of our Therapeutic Innovation (TI) portfolio team, helping to coordinate governance, reporting and portfolio management activities that support the development of ground-breaking cancer treatments. If you're highly organised, detail-oriented and enjoy working collaboratively across teams, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact and develop skills across portfolio management., Strong organisational skills and attention to detail - Previous administrative experience, ideally in a project, programme or portfolio environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams.
- Excellent written communication skills
- Ability to work independently on clearly defined activities while seeking guidance when appropriate
- Ability to maintain accurate records and handle information appropriately.
- Proactive approach to supporting colleagues and resolving routine administrative issues. Desirable
- Experience supporting project or portfolio governance activities.
- Experience working within a scientific, research, healthcare or biotechnology environment.
- Experience maintaining trackers, action logs or structured project information.
- Experience with project or portfolio management systems. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
As the world's biggest medical research charity, we've helped bring eleven new cancer drugs to market. However, there is still an urgent need to bring more effective treatments to patients faster. We have recently developed a new approach to driving therapeutic innovation through the creation of Cancer Research Horizons (CRH). We have brought together Cancer Research UK's established drug discovery teams under one organisation and leadership team, combining our unique pipeline of cancer biology expertise and access to CRUK's world-class academic network, cutting edge technology platforms and clinical expertise to 1) Bring new treatments to patients faster and 2) Tackle the biggest challenges in discovering cancer drugs by seeking out more radical ideas and embracing risk in our bid to achieve success. Based at sites in Cambridge, the CRUK Scotland Institute in Glasgow, and Newcastle University, you'll be joining over 180 staff from both industrial and academic backgrounds, all dedicated to bringing forward the day we cure cancer and making real life impact.
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/portfolio-assistant-127658910