Project Administrator

The University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an administrator to support the Discovery Medicine North Doctoral Training Partnership at a leading university. This varied role involves managing student recruitment, maintaining records, and ensuring effective communication across a network of PhD students. The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills and experience with Microsoft Office and databases. Join a diverse community committed to development and wellbeing.

Benefits

Highly competitive annual leave entitlement

Generous pensions scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to development and wellbeing

Wide range of retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience with budgets and finances.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office and Google packages.
• Experience in maintaining databases.

Responsibilities

• Support student recruitment processes.
• Respond to student enquiries.
• Maintain systems and records.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Packages

Content Management Systems

Job description

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an administrator to support the day-to-day running of the Discovery Medicine North Doctoral Training Partnership (DiMeN DTP), a network of PhD students based across five universities in the North of England.

This varied role will work alongside the DiMeN manager to support all aspects of the partnership, ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the DiMeN DTP. Responsibilities include supporting student recruitment processes, responding to student enquiries, maintaining systems and records, and ensuring effective communication across the network.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent organisational skills, a positive attitude, and work with high accuracy and attention to detail. You should be a competent user of Microsoft Office and Google packages, experienced in maintaining databases, and comfortable working with budgets and finances. Experience with content management systems for website editing is desirable.

About the University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our diverse community is at the heart of everything we do, and their varied backgrounds, abilities, and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

Benefits

• Highly competitive annual leave entitlement, with options to purchase additional leave
• Generous pensions scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Commitment to your development and wellbeing
• Wide range of retail discounts
• And much more

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

Diversity and Inclusion

We build teams from diverse heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talents and contributions enhance our community. We believe that diversity in all its forms fosters greater impact through research, teaching, and the student experience.