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The School of Society and Environment are pleased to announce that we are seeking an exceptional individual to take up the role of Placements and Internships Coordinator.

You will oversee and manage the administration of both the Undergraduate and taught Postgraduate programmes within the School of Society and Environment. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of a responsive and accurate exam process for multiple diverse undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. This will involve overseeing and administering module registration, examinations, timetabling and other quality assurance processes. The role will involve maintaining strong professional relationships with stakeholders including students, staff members (both internal and external), TATFs, External Examiners and professional support staff. You will work closely with the Education, Quality and Student Experience Manager within the School to discuss and agree on strategies relating to education for the programmes, and also to ensure that processes and procedures are in place so that administrative systems run smoothly for teaching activities and assessment. This role will also manage the Education & Quality Officers.

You will have excellent organisational skills; you will demonstrate a good use of initiative & have the ability to multi-task and prioritise a high workload. Attention to detail and good administrative record keeping are essential.

The School of Society and Environment at Queen Mary University of London is made up of three academic departments, History, Geography, and Politics & International Relations. The school has been newly formed and has circa 150 academic staff. It is home to a highly diverse cohort of students and offers a broad-ranging and methodologically plural curriculum in all three academic departments.

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe thata diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Norman McBreen at n.mcbreen@qmul.ac.uk

£44,288 to £51,755 per annum