Course Administrator - Fixed Term Part Time - Internal Only

University of Brighton; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Brighton is seeking a part-time Course Administrator to support staff and students at Brighton campuses. The role requires strong administrative and organisational skills to plan, prioritise and manage a range of activities, and to provide a friendly information service to students, staff and visitors.

Working with the Academic Administration Manager and Senior Course Administrators, you will handle enquiries, advise on university-wide services, policies and procedures, and

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 to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritise and manage a range of work activities.
• Handle enquiries from different routes and provide information on university-wide services, policies and procedures; provide administrative support for course teams.
• Provide a friendly and efficient service for students, staff, visitors and other external stakeholders within agreed customer service levels.

Skills

Customer service

Administrative duties

Written communications

Proactive service delivery

Time management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

College Office - Creativity, Technology and Society

Location: Brighton - City Campus and Moulsecoomb

Salary: £27,319 to £30,378 pro rata 25 hours per week

Fixed Term End Date: 29/02/2028

Closing Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026

Reference: CT5074-26-196

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 to provide 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 proactively to ensure effective service delivery
• The ability to use Microsoft Office computer programs to a high standard

This is a part-time (25 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.

Further Details

Job Description

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.