Programmes Administrative Assistant

University of Bath; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Bath is seeking a Programmes Administrative Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative support within the Faculty of Engineering & Design. This role is ideal for individuals interested in pursuing a career in higher education, offering opportunities for growth and professional development.

Benefits

Free counselling services

Cycle to work scheme

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

Staff discount at Team Bath gym

Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees

Generous annual leave allowance

Wide range of professional development opportunities

Free entry to Holburne Museum in Bath

Qualifications

• Conscientious and considerate team player.
• Effective communication with various stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize workload and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for all taught programmes.
• Maintain student records and assess processes.
• Respond to student enquiries and support academic colleagues.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Initiative

Multi-tasking

Job description

Job title Programmes Administrative Assistant

Department Faculty of Engineering & Design

Salary Starting from £24,344, rising to £25,733

As a Programmes Administrative Assistant, you'll utilise your conscientious approach and strong organisational skills to provide administrative support for all taught programmes in the Faculty. Your tasks will include: assessment processes; maintaining student records; responding to enquiries from students, and supporting academic colleagues.

With guidance from our Taught Programmes Manager and Programmes Officer(s), you'll support Programmes Administrator colleagues, working within common systems and processes standardised on best practice, adhering to University regulations and procedures, and ensuring that services are efficient, effective and adapt to changing circumstances.

Your work ethic and enthusiasm are more important to us than experience. This role would suit anyone interested in exploring a career in the HE sector, and could represent a springboard to more senior roles in the future.

About us

We care about staff and student well-being, personal and professional development, delivering excellent service and University reputation. If this approach resonates with you and you are a good team player who also enjoys working independently and taking the initiative, we welcome an application from you.

As a Faculty we accept change and provide a supportive environment in which to grow, offering professional development opportunities with a strong belief in the value of investing in our people and teams. We are currently operating a hybrid work model which is a combination of both campus and home working (minimum 3 days a week on campus to include Wednesdays). During the peak workload periods the post holder will be required to work on campus every day (Monday – Friday).

If you have any questions about the role or the team please contact Emma Greeley, Programmes manager ([e-mail] ), or Josh Ryall, Programmes Officer ([e-mail]).

This post is offered on a full-time, (36.5 hours), open-ended basis.

• You are a conscientious and considerate team player
• You can communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders in written and spoken English
• You can organise yourself and others
• You can use your initiative
• You are able to multi-task and prioritise within a busy workload

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.