Virtual Assistant - Event Websites (Freelancer role)

The Company

Times Higher Education is the data provider underpinning university excellence in every continent across the world. As the company behind the world’s most influential university rankings, and with five decades of experience as a source of analysis and insight on higher education, we have unparalleled expertise on the trends underpinning university performance globally. Our data and benchmarking tools are used by many of the world’s most prestigious universities to help them achieve their strategic goals.

We succeed by working together, collaborating across teams and global locations. We’re excited about the future. We embrace new ideas, innovative ways of working and open technologies so that we can help every educator in the world to raise global teaching standards.

We are diverse, we come from different backgrounds and different countries. We are data scientists, journalists, designers, salespeople, events managers, software engineers and more. Together, we are socially engaged and united by our passion to support academics, universities and students.

Basic Scope & Primary Objectives

We are seeking a freelance/part-time virtual assistant to support our events marketing and content teams in keeping our various event websites up to date with content, speakers and sessions.

Key Responsibilities

• Uploading speaker profiles (photos and bios) to the event websites via our CMS (CMS training provided)

• Adding and updating agenda sessions on the event websites via our CMS

• Updating our speaker profile database and project plans

• Creating and updating our event listings online

• Supporting the wider events marketing team with ad hoc admin duties as and when needed

Experience and Skills Required

• Ability to work to agreed deadlines, working well under pressure

• Excellent planning and organisational skills in order to manage and prioritise workload

• Excellent verbal and written skills, including spelling, grammar and proofreading, with a keen eye for detail

• MS Office essential – Word and Excel

• Photo editing basics – cropping, resizing

THE are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that we are all different. Great strength is born through different perspectives and experiences. That is why we are committed to our mission of creating an inclusive culture that enables our people to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We are proud to be part of the Global Equality Collective and a mindful employer to help support THE achieve this.

Job Type: Freelance

Salary: £12.00-£18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Flexitime

Expected start date: 13/03/2023