Course Administrator

Brighton; Brighton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The College Office – Creativity, Technology and Society at the University of Brighton is hiring a Course Administrator. The role supports staff and students, handling enquiries, providing information on university services, and delivering administrative support for course teams.

The post is full-time (37 hours), fixed-term until 29 February 2028, with some remote working and a campus base at Moulsecoomb. Interviews week starting 2 November.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering a broad range of customer-focused enquiry and support services.
• Experience carrying out a range of organisational and administrative duties.
• Ability to produce written communications clearly and concisely.
• Ability to work proactively to ensure effective service delivery.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office programs to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritise and manage a range of work activities.
• Handle enquiries received through different routes and provide information on University services.
• Provide administrative support for course teams and stakeholders.
• Deliver friendly and efficient service for students, staff, visitors, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Customer service

Administrative duties

Written communications

Proactive work

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

College Office - Creativity, Technology and Society

Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb

Salary: £27,319 to £30,378per annum

FixedTermEndDate: 29/02/2028

ClosingDate: Sunday 18 October 2026

InterviewDate: See advert

Reference: CT5073-26-195-R

Are you interested in working as a Course Administrator supporting our staff and students? If so, then we would love to hear from you

Working with the Academic Administration Manager and Senior Course Administrators, you will utilise your strong administrative and organisational skills to plan, prioritise and manage a range of work activities.

This includes handling enquiries received through different routes, providing information and advice on University-wide services, policies and procedures, and administrative support for course teams. We will also want you toprovide a friendly and efficient service for students, staff, visitors, and other external stakeholders, within agreed customer service levels and standards.

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Experience of delivering a broad range customer-focussed enquiry and support services
• Experience of carrying out a range of organisational and administrative duties
• The ability to produce written communications clearly and concisely
• The ability to work proactive to ensure effective service delivery
• The ability to use Microsoft Office computer programs to a high standard

This is a full-time (37 hours) fixed term contract that ends on 29 February 2028 and we welcome applications from candidates seeking to job share.

The role is based on our Moulsecoomb Campus but there are opportunities for some remote working too.

Interviews will take place week commencing 2nd November.

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage male applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups at this job grade.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.