Primary Professional Support Officer

We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone. 

 About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Primary Professional Support Officer to join the Faculty of Education to provide a range of administrative support for the department, taking responsibility for leading and developing professional support staff and supporting a number of key administrative processes and procedures.

The main purpose of the role is to ensure that effective administrative processes and procedures are in place for the department, to support the student lifecycle with regard to a students’:

➢ Aspirations

➢ Admission

➢ Induction

➢ Progression

➢ Achievement

➢ Attainment

➢ Employment

About You

As Primary Professional Support Officer, you will have:

• Previous successful and effective experience in an administrative role within a busy office environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Previous successful experience of line management
• Ability to organise work effectively through delegation and prioritising
• Ability to use initiative and to be proactive and solution focused 

Internal staff wishing to apply for a fixed term role as a secondment opportunity must discuss this with their existing line manager before applying.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact: Emma Walker, Primary & Childhood Education Departmental Administration Manager at [email protected]

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 36 annual leave per annum (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days) 
• Free foreign language evening classes 
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and as health & wellbeing resources
• A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

Click to view our Rewards and Benefits Package: Support Staff (edgehill.ac.uk)

About Us 

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before. 

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world. 

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

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