Student Life Operations & Governance Lead

Aston University; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

30 days leave + 13 bank holidays

Staff discounts

On-site gym and pool

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Aston University’s Student Life Directorate is seeking a highly organised coordinator to provide operational, governance, systems, finance and compliance support. The role focuses on improving processes behind the scenes and ensuring accurate records across multiple teams.

You will manage deadlines, safeguard confidential information and work across departments to track actions, budgets and health and safety compliance. A degree or equivalent experience is required.

Qualifications

• You are an excellent organiser who can bring structure to complexity.
• You can manage sensitive information, deadlines and competing priorities with discretion and accuracy.
• You are confident working across multiple teams and following up actions professionally.
• A degree-level qualification or equivalent relevant professional experience is required; experience in governance, compliance, health and safety or finance coordination is a plus.
• Experience in Higher Education or student-facing services would be advantageous.
• Experience supporting operational processes such as health and safety, project coordination or compliance monitoring would also help.

Responsibilities

• Directorate-wide operational coordination
• Meeting, governance and action tracking
• Digital process improvement using Microsoft 365 tools
• Student Life finance processing through Unit4 ERP/Agresso, departmental purchasing and budget reconciliation
• Compliance, audit, risk, health and safety and reporting support
• Cross-team collaboration and high-quality records management

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Structure complex work

Discretion with confidential info

Cross-team collaboration

Deadline management

Education

Degree-level qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365 (Lists/SharePoint/Power BI/Power Automate)

Unit4 ERP/Agresso

Job description

Aston University’s Student Life Directorate is seeking a highly organised coordinator to provide operational, governance, systems, finance and compliance support. The role focuses on improving processes behind the scenes and ensuring accurate records across multiple teams.

You will manage deadlines, safeguard confidential information and work across departments to track actions, budgets and health and safety compliance. A degree or equivalent experience is required.