Estate & Facilities Management Administrator - Internal Only

University of Brighton; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

30 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Additional time off at Christmas

Job summary

The University of Brighton is seeking a full-time administrator on a fixed-term 12-month contract to join the Systems and Administration team within Estate & Facilities Management at the Moulsecoomb campus. The role covers financial administration, information and data management, and reception duties.

The post offers a hybrid working arrangement, with 37 hours per week, and a generous benefits package including 30 days of annual leave and additional time off over Christmas.

Qualifications

• Proven administrative experience.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and within a team.
• Excellent communication and numeracy skills.
• Ability to organise work and adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide an administrative service across the department, including financial administration, information and data management, and systems administration.
• Handle enquiries received through different routes and maintain department records.
• Provide a friendly and efficient reception service and manage telephone enquiries.
• Manage departmental email accounts and coordinate with other administrative staff.

Skills

Administrative experience

Initiative

Communication

Time management

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Estate and Facilities Management

Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb Salary: £27,319 to £30,378 per annum Contract Length: 12 months Closing Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026 Reference: ES5168-26-225

Join our friendly, professional team and utilise your strong administrative and organisational skills to plan, prioritise and manage a range of work activities

We are looking to recruit a full-time administrator, fixed term for 12 months, to take on this varied and interesting role that sits in the Systems and Administration team within Estate & Facilities Management based at our Moulsecoomb campus.

Your role will be to provide an administrative service across the department including, financial administration, information and data management, systems administration and handling enquiries received through different routes.

You will also provide a friendly and efficient reception service, deal with telephone enquiries and manage various departmental email accounts alongside the other departmental administrators.

To Succeed In This Role, You Will Need

• Proven administrative experience in a range of organisational and administrative duties.
• The ability to work on your own initiative, to effectively work within a team and to work proactively to ensure effective service delivery.
• Excellent communication and numeracy skills
• The ability to organise work and time effectively and to cope with changing priorities
• The ability to use Microsoft Office computer programs to a high standard.

Please take a look at the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.

This post is full-time (37.0 hours per week), on a fixed term contract for 12 months and we are happy to consider applications from candidates looking to job share.

In return, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including an optional hybrid working scheme allowing employees to work remotely for some of the time, annual leave starting at 30 days each year as well as bank holidays and additional time off over the Christmas period.

Further Details

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.