Administrator

New College Durham; Framwellgate Moor; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Family friendly policies

Annual leave

Staff development

Free car parking

Benefits scheme

Job summary

New College Durham is seeking an organised administrator to manage diaries, take minutes, and collate meeting information. You will support curriculum teams with various administrative tasks, arrange team meetings and parents evenings, and handle inquiries with a strong customer service approach.

The role includes helping reception and switchboard duties and supporting marketing events in a flexible, hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Diary management and minute taking are part of the role.
• Support curriculum teams with various administrative tasks.
• Provide flexible administrative support including team meetings and parents evenings.
• Act as a direct contact for enquiries with excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage diaries and schedule meetings.
• Take accurate minutes and collate information for meetings.
• Support curriculum teams with admin tasks and event coordination.
• Assist reception, switchboard and marketing events as needed.

Skills

Diary management

Minute taking

Administrative support

Customer service

Reception duties

Job description

If you are looking to further your career at a groundbreaking and award-winning College, we'd love to hear from you! This role will include diary management, minute taking, collating information for meetings, supporting curriculum teams with various adminsitrative tasks such as team meetings, parents evenings and being a direct contact for enquiries. The successful candidate will have a flexible approach with excellent customer service skills. You will also support other functions within our administration team to include our reception services, switchboard and marketing events. New College Durham offer a wide range of benefits to enhance your professional development, take care of your health and well-being and help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. On top of this, our flexible benefits scheme lets you choose from a comprehensive selection of benefits and rewards to meet your individual needs. New College Durham offers support and benefit options such as:

• Hybrid working for greater work/life balance
• Family friendly policies including Flexible Working, Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental Leave, and Special Leave
• Generous annual leave package and option to purchase additional annual leave
• Training, support and the opportunity to develop your professional skills, including three full days each year exclusively to staff development
• Free car parking
• Reduced price for gym and beauty treatments, As an inclusive employer awarded the following recognitions demonstrate our commitment to our workforce/the community we serve:
• Disability Confident Status
• Mindful Employer
• Dying to Work
• Better Health at Work - maintaining excellence
• New College Durham have further signed up to the AOC Mental Health and Wellbeing charter, as well as the AOC EDI Charter.

We pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students; to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks. Before applying for a role with New College Durham it is important to note that it is an offence to do so if you believe you are a persons whom is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please see below; DBS code of practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) will not be accepted. We recognise that applicants may use AI-assisted tools (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Grammarly or similar technologies) to support the preparation of applications. However, all information submitted must accurately reflect the applicant's own skills, experience and qualifications. During the recruitment process, candidates will be asked to discuss or expand upon information provided within their application.

Supporting documents Admin JDPS.pdf (1.41 MB) NewchoicesFlexibleBenefits2627.pdf (3.76 MB) Staff Benefits.pdf (1.74 MB) Combined Safeguarding Recruitment Policy 2025-26.pdf (774.41 KB)

New College Durham is a great place to work. It is a high performing and financially outstanding college. We are continually investing in new facilities and resources to benefit our students, such as our new development, T.H.E HUB. New College Durham is one of the leading Further Education colleges in the North East and continues to be at the forefront of new initiatives, being one of the few colleges in the North East to offer all the new T-Level programmes. We focus on providing training and education that creates the best outcomes for our students, giving them the edge in their chosen industry.