Senior Research Support Officer

1 week ago

Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time

Duties/Pligte

Die doel van die pos is om administratiewe ondersteuning aan die SERI- (Sentrum vir epidemie-reaksie en -innovasie) bestuursspan te verleen.Hanteer die Direkteur se dagboek.- Opstel van briewe, dokumente en e-posse.- Neem van notules by vergaderings.- Organiseer vergaderings en afsprake en help die CERI span om opleidings werkswinkels en konferensies te reël.- Die samestelling en prosessering van uitgawe eise vir die Direkteur.- Gee onderstuening aan die Hoof van Wetenskapsondersteuning en die Bevondsings Bestuurder. Dit sal, onder andere, insluit literêre nasporing, die opstel van

CVs en biografië.Stel inligting saam oor navorsingsuitsette vir verslag doeleindes.- Opdatering van die CERI webtuistes en die navorsers se profielblaaie op SCOPUS, WoS, Google Scholar en NIH PubMed (nie-eksklusiewe lys).

The purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the CERI (Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation) management team.Managing the Directors diary.Taking minutes at meetings.-
- Organising meetings and appointments and helping the CERI team with organising training workshops and conferences.-
- Collating and processing expense claims for the Director.-
- Providing support to the Head of Scientific Support and the Grants Manager. This will include, among other things, literature searches, preparation of CVs andbiosketches.Providing information on research outputs for reporting purposes.-
- Updating the CERI webpages and researchers profile pages on SCOPUS, WoS, Google Scholar and NIH PubMed (non-exclusive list).Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes- 'n Toepaslike Honneursgraad in Inligtingswetenskap of soortgelyk.- Vyf jaar se ervaring in 'n akademiese omgewing.- Diskresie, takt en diplomasie.- Buigsaamheid en aanpasbaarheid.- Goeie mondelinge en skriftelike kommunikasievaardighede.- Aandag aan detail.- Organisatoriese vermoë en die vermoë om aan veelvuldige take aandag te gee.- Die vermoë om pro-aktief te wees, inisiatief te neem, en onafhanklik te werk met min leiding.- Die vermoë om te verseker dat veelvuldige take voltooi word.- Kreatiewe probleemoplossingsvaardighede.- n Sterk kennis van en gereelde gebruik van Microsoft Office en / of Mac OS.A relevant Honours degree in Information Science or similar.-
- Five years' relevant experience in an academic environment.-
- Discretion, tact, and diplomacy.-
- Flexibility and adaptability.-
- Good verbal and written communication skills.-
- Attention to detail.-
- Organisational skills and the ability to multitask.-
- The ability to be proactive, take initiative and work independently, sometimes with very little direction.-
- The ability to follow through on a variety of tasks.-
- Creative problem-solving skills.-
- A strong knowledge and extensive use of Microsoft Office and / or Mac OS.Recommendation/Aanbeveling NA

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