Curriculum Support Administrator - Maternity Cover

onlyFE; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Hybrid and flexible working

CPD opportunities

Free eye tests

Job summary

The Sheffield College is seeking a Curriculum Support Administrator on a temporary maternity cover role due to end 31 July 2027. You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the local curriculum administrative services, with professional autonomy and proactive decision making in a Student First focused team.

The role focuses on administering the Student Journey from application to certification and progression, providing proactive, customer‑focused support in a busy environment, and

Qualifications

• Experience in curriculum administration or education sector.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work proactively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Staff curriculum administrative service during core business hours.
• Maintain administrative support for curriculum academy areas.
• Administer commissions and timesheets processes.
• Handle incoming/outgoing calls, messages and enquiries.
• Deliver curriculum administrative systems and processes.
• Embed and refine the college's curriculum admin processes.
• Arrange and distribute agendas and meeting notes, record follow-ups.
• Deliver excellent customer service and manage mail flow.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT literacy

Customer focus

Tools

MS Office

CRM systems

Job description

About Us

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment — recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd ‑ place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

About Us

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment — recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd ‑ place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

About The Role

This is a temporary maternity cover role that is due to end on 31st July 2027, or when the original post holder returns to work.

As a Curriculum Support Administrator, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the local curriculum administrative services function where a level of professional autonomy, independent decision making and proactiveness is required. Your focus will be to a administrate the ‘Student Journey’ from application to certification and progression in a ‘Student First’ focused team.

You will be providing a pro‑active service in a busy, fast paced curriculum administrative services function and will be providing an effective, student focused support across the college which oversees the curriculum and student journey administration. You will be required to engage in a professional training plan that supports the delivery of an excellent service.

Main Responsibilities

• Actively engage in staffing the curriculum administrative service function during core business hours with a need for flexibility
• Maintain an excellent standard of administrative support to assigned clusters of curriculum academy areas
• Administer the Sparks Teaching Services commissions and timesheets process
• Receive and make telephone calls, taking messages, answering queries, and directing enquiries to appropriate to appropriate colleagues/teams
• Deliver various curriculum administrative systems and processes
• Engage in embedding the colleges curriculum administrative systems and processes
• Services various internal meetings, including preparing meeting agendas and papers, distributing these timely, producing high quality, accurate meeting notes and recording and monitoring follow up actions
• Deliver an excellent customer service experience
• Process incoming and outgoing mail
• Maintain excellent working relationships with service users of the administrative service function

If you want to find out more about the role please contact Sophia Atherton, Administration Services Manager - [e-mail]

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £27,455 - £29,810 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Alongside your salary, your pension is one of the most valuable benefits of joining the College. The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), administered locally by SYPA, provides financial security in retirement and support for your loved ones.

Our Full Benefits Package

• SYPA – with a generous employer contribution
• Annual leave -30 Days (222 hours)+ 8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)-this includesa discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing support , including:
• Employee assistance programme through Bupa
• Occupational Health through PAM
• Free eye tests for VDU users
• Free parking is available at the majority of our campuses
• Hybrid and flexible working opportunities
• Continuous professional development opportunities
• A people ‑ focused working culture where you can grow and thrive

Further informationcan be foundon our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review ourRecruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact [e-mail]

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 19th August 2026

Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.

Where there are internal applicants at risk, these will be considered in the first instance.