Programmes Administrator

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK university is looking for a proactive Programmes Administrator to join their Taught Programmes Team. You will provide essential administrative support for degree courses, manage student enquiries, and ensure operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in administration and effective communication skills. Benefits include generous leave, pension schemes, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Free counselling services

Cycle to work scheme

Staff discount at Team Bath gym

Generous annual leave allowance

Professional development opportunities

Relocation allowance

Visa reimbursement

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative support role, preferably in student administration.
• Experience in a busy office environment is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative support for degree courses.
• Arrange assessment related activities.
• Manage student and staff enquiries.
• Ensure accurate student data management.
• Process student assessment results.
• Arrange events like Open Days.

Skills

Accuracy and attention to detail

Ability to manage a busy workload

Teamwork

Effective communication skills

Strong digital literacy

Initiative and problem-solving

Process improvement

Job description

Overview

Programmes Administrator

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is looking for a proactive and self-motivated Programmes Administrator to join our Taught Programmes Team in a full time, permanent post. You will play a key role, working closely with other team members and academic staff to ensure the smooth and efficient administration and operation of our degree courses within the Faculty.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day administrative support for degree courses
• Arranging assessment related activities
• Managing student and staff enquiries
• Accurate student data management
• Processing student assessment results
• Arranging events like Open Days and Applicant Visit Days

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.

About You

You will have previous experience of working in an administrative support role (preferably with experience of student administration) or equivalent experience working in a busy office in an administrative role.

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 communicate with students from across the world
• Strong digital literacy
• Taking the initiative and problem-solving
• Process improvement

Further information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Programmes Manager (Operations) Elise Whittleton on [phone] or email [e-mail] however, please ensure your application is submitted via the University website.

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 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.

What We Can Offer You

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
• Local discounts and more
• 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

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.

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