Programmes Administrator

University of Bath; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Employer contributory pension

Cycle to work

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Staff gym discount

Postgraduate tuition discounts

Professional development

Local museum entry

Relocation assistance

Visa reimbursement

Employee assistance

Job summary

University of Bath is seeking a proactive Programmes Administrator to join the Taught Programmes Team. You will provide essential day-to-day support for degree programmes across the Faculty, working with administrators, Programme Officers and academic staff to ensure smooth operations.

This permanent, full-time role offers hybrid working during 2025/26, with partial on-campus presence and some home working.

Qualifications

• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage a busy workload.
• Teamwork.
• Effective communication skills are essential as you will work closely with your team, academic colleagues and students from across the world.
• Strong digital literacy.
• Taking the initiative and problem-solving.
• Process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day administrative support for degree programmes
• Student and staff enquiries
• Student data management
• Processing student assessments and results
• Arranging events like Open Days and Offer Holder Days

Skills

Accuracy and detail

Workload management

Teamwork

Communication

Digital literacy

Initiative

Process improvement

Job description

About The Role

Are you passionate about education and looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact? Do you excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Programmes Administrator

Are you passionate about education and looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact? Do you excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

We are looking for a proactive and self-motivated Programmes Administrator to join our Taught Programmes Team in a full-time, permanent post.

This role will provide essential day to day support to our Faculty's diverse academic programmes. In this pivotal role, you will work closely with fellow Administrators, Programmes Officers and academic staff and students, to ensure the smooth and efficient administration and operation of our degree programmes across the Faculty.

The Faculty is committed to continuous improvement and innovation, meaning you’ll have plenty of opportunities to shape and evolve processes, improving both your own skills and the efficiency of our operations. You’ll be part of a close-knit team, all working towards a shared goal – creating an exceptional academic experience for all.

We care about delivering excellent service, student and staff wellbeing, and University reputation. If this approach resonates with you and you are a great teammate who also enjoys working independently, we would love to receive an application from you.

During 2025/26 we are offering hybrid working in the Faculty Professional Services Staff team. This means you must work part of the week on campus in the office and you may also work part of the week from home.

Key activities

• Day-to-day administrative support for degree programmes
• Student and staff enquiries
• Student data management
• Processing student assessments and results
• Arranging events like Open Days and Offer Holder Days

Key Skills

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to manage a busy workload
• Teamwork
• Effective communication skills are essential as you will work closely with your team, academic colleagues and students from across the world
• Strong digital literacy
• Taking the initiative and problem-solving
• Process improvement

About The Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences brings together six departments with an excellent reputation for both teaching and research.

As a Faculty, we embrace 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 have established work streams focussing on sustainability, wellbeing and career-based skills. We arrange Faculty Away days, social events, book/craft clubs and are open to new ideas. We love to support our local community and charities through fundraising events.

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 equity 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 very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

Be Well at Bath

We’re Committed To Creating a Health-supporting Working Environment Where Everyone Can Thrive And Be At Their Best. We Offer a Range Of Resources To Enable You To Do That From Your First Day Here, Including

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath.

Further Details

• Job Description & Person Specification

Terms and Conditions of Employment

Right to Work in the UK:

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting:

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.