Business Services Assistant

Location: Hybrid role contractually aligned to the Milton Keynes office, with attendance expected approximately once a week; full-time office-based work is also supported.

Salary: £27,319–£30,378 per year, pro rata for part-time hours.

Company

hirify.global is a UK university focused on flexible part-time higher education, widening access, and research excellence.

What you will do

• Support business services operations for the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies.
• Coordinate health and safety activities, including risk assessments, fire wardens, first aiders, DSE assessments, and compliance follow-up.
• Produce management information reports and support audits, including the Annual Academic Workload Management audit.
• Coordinate staff development bookings, onboarding, inductions, health and safety briefings, and equipment logistics.
• Support procurement, invoices, purchase orders, budget records, forecasts, consultancy contracts, and staff fee waiver administration.
• Liaise with Estates, People Services, Finance, the University Secretary’s Office, and other stakeholders on operational activities.

Requirements

• Experience working in an office support environment with a strong commitment to customer service and continuous improvement.
• Accurate, organised, detail-oriented, and able to prioritise varied workloads while meeting deadlines and service levels.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, planning, and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, maintain confidentiality, and adapt to changing working practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Visio, Word, Excel, Outlook, databases, and internal systems, with the ability to learn new tools.
• Good maths and English skills and the ability to work consistently with equality legislation and university policies.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements may include hybrid working, part-time work, job sharing, or compressed hours.
• Benefits and policies are designed to support work-life balance and recognise good performance.
• Work involves collaboration across university departments and support for continuous improvement and best practice.
• Fixed-term contract for 12 months from the start date.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and a supporting statement of up to 1,000 words addressing interest in the role and the essential criteria.
• Interview dates will be confirmed later.