Senior Administrator

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Computer Science
Location:  Jubilee Campus
Salary:  £27,584 to £33,804 per annum (pro-rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Closing Date:  Wednesday 15 May 2024
Reference:  SCI127824

We are looking for a friendly, engaging, enthusiastic person with excellent customer service, administrative and IT skills with a keen eye for detail to join our administrative support team. You will work collaboratively with team members to deliver proactive support to academic and research staff and students. 

 As a Senior Administrator you will: 

• Provide Postgraduate Research (PGR) financial and resource management to the School accounts and scholarship budgets. 
• Lead continual improvement and planning of the School procedures, processes, projects and events with a focus on PGR and Teaching and Learning.  
• Provide administrative leadership and management to other members of the School Operations team to ensure the successful delivery of an excellent administrative support service for the School. 
• Maintain confidential records and documentation in accordance with GDPR requirements. 
• Support the School leadership team as required including supporting committees, general support office outputs and administration. 

 And you will bring:  

• Excellent customer service 
• Excellent verbal and written communication 
• Excellent numeracy skills  
• Attention to detail and the ability to independently manage a wide and varied range of work to multiple deadlines.
• A drive and willingness to take the initiative in process improvements.  
• A positive attitude to building and maintaining professional relationships with colleagues.  
• Experience of planning your own work activities and delivering to deadlines are essential.  

This role is available on a permanent basis. Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours); however, applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 29 hours per week). Please specify in your application if you wish to work part time and the number of preferred hours. Job share arrangements may also be considered. 

Our School uses anonymised recruitment for shortlisting, where we cannot see any personal data in your application, until shortlisting has been completed (you will apply by answering criteria-based questions relating to the person specification, rather than submitting a CV). All appointments are made on merit. 

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Regan Culley, [email protected]. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Please note that from 1st May the salary scale for this level will increase to £28,152 to £34,500

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