Operations Co-ordinator
Dates of employment: 12 month fixed term contract (Maternity Cover)
Hours: Full-time 9.30 to 5.30, Monday to Thursday (and 5pm on Friday) including some weekends in May/June
Salary: £21k dependant on skills and experience
Based in BUNAC’s London office.
This is a largely autonomous role which involves co-ordinating the US flights & Insurance for BUNAC’s J1 Visa programmes.
The position is highly administrative with the main purpose being control of flights, associated data/financial inputting and also the co-ordination of the distribution of important travel documents. You will need to be a quick, accurate and methodical worker.
The job will involve many varied and sometimes mundane, but necessary tasks including stuffing envelopes etc. Applicants must have previous office experience preferably in a supervisory role. Strong computer skills (specifically accurate data input), the ability to prioritise and work to deadlines and excellent communication skills and work under pressure are a pre-requisite. The successful candidate will be adaptable and flexible by nature so happy to work beyond the contracted hours if necessary to complete each days work load. Mature and able to offer a friendly and professional service both internally and externally, this person will have a good sense of humour and be both hard working and resilient.
Personal experience of a BUNAC programme in North America preferable.
Deadline for application is Friday the 31st October 2008. Interviews to take place in after this date for an immediate start.
To apply for any of the above positions either print out and complete an application form and return it with a copy of your CV and a brief letter of application specifying which position you are interested in to: Alex McWilliam, BUNAC 16 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0QH,
or e-mail your application as a scanned PDF to operations@bunac.org.uk and please make sure you include a cover letter and specify the job for which you are applying.
Due to a typically high response for these types of positions, we are not always able to acknowledge receipt of unsuccessful applications.