Programmes Administrator (CH11698)

Job title Programmes Administrator

Department Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Salary Starting from £25,138, rising to £28,759

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Monday 13 May 2024

Closing date Monday 27 May 2024

Interview date Tuesday 04 June 2024

Reference CH11698

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About the role

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is looking for a proactive and self-motivated Programmes Administrator to join our Taught Programmes Team in a full time, permanent post.

You will play a key role, working closely with other team members and academic staff to ensure the smooth and efficient administration and operation of our degree programmes within the Faculty.

Key activities

Day-to-day administrative support for degree programmes

Student and staff enquiries

Student data management

Processing student assessments and results

Arranging events like Open Days and Applicant Visit Days

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences brings together six departments with an excellent reputation for both teaching and research. More information regarding our courses may be found here: https:// www. bath.ac.uk/departments/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/

As a Faculty, we embrace change and provide a supportive environment in which to grow, offering professional development opportunities with a strong belief in the value of investing in our people and teams. We arrange Faculty Away days, social events, book/craft clubs and are open to new ideas. We love to support our local community and charities through fundraising events.

During 2023/24 we are offering hybrid working in the Faculty Professional Services Staff team. This means you must work part of the week on campus in the office and you may also work part of the week from home.

We care about delivering excellent service, student and staff wellbeing, and University reputation. If this approach resonates with you and you are a great teammate who also enjoys working independently, we would love to receive an application from you.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Programmes Manager (Operations) Elise Whittleton on 01225 386492 or email [email protected] or the Programmes Officer Claire Goldie on 01225 386245 or email [email protected] however, please ensure your application is submitted via the University website.

Previous experience

You will have previous experience of working in an administrative support role (preferably with experience of student administration) or equivalent experience working in a busy office in an administrative role.

Key skills

Accuracy and attention to detail

Ability to manage a busy workload

Teamwork

Effective communication skills are essential as you will work closely with your team, academic colleagues and students from across the world

Strong digital literacy

Taking the initiative and problem-solving

Process improvement

What we can offer you:

a very generous employer contributory pension scheme

generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance

we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements

an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce

a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.