SALARY & HOURS:£27,650; 35 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
The Faculty of Business, Humanities & Social Sciences is looking to recruit a fulltime Faculty Administrator to join a busy team based on our Hunter Street campus. Due to the need to initiate workloads very quickly, the successful candidate should have a strong understanding of HE and/or FE settings, ideally currently or recently employed within the sector.
Duties will include:
- To deliver administrative processes across the Faculty as determined by the Faculty Registrar.
- To deliver front-line administrative services within their allocated domain or cohort, including day-to-day academic and student enquiries and preparation and sending of communications to stakeholders.
- To support the Faculty’s senior administrative staff to maintain the necessary resources for the delivery of the curriculum and to liaise with academic staff as necessary to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of the curriculum.
- To provide support - face-to-face and online to students across the faculty.
- To liaise with staff in the University’s Student Services Teams to ensure students are correctly signposted to University services.
- To liaise with staff in the University’s Student Administration Team to ensure accurate student records are maintained.
The post also demands knowledge of MS Office 365, strong customer service and communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, analytical and problem solving capability, understanding of University structures and systems, and wider sector/external awareness together with an ability to contribute to service and policy development.
Knowledge of eVision/SITS would be advantageous although full training will be given.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, but we are invested in our people and their development, so we encourage you to apply if you believe you have the majority of the skills and experience required and are keen to develop further!
What can we offer you?
We might be small, but we can still offer plenty of perks! In addition to an Aviva Pension scheme, we offer:
- Beautiful working environments across our campuses in Buckingham and Crewe, with plenty of space
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Christmas closure
- On-site gym and exercise classes
- On-site catering facilities
- University bookshop with staff discount (Buckingham)
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
- Free on-site parking
- Excellent opportunities to network and continue learning across a variety of departments
- Nursery on-site at our Crewe campus
- Discount of courses for staff and their families
Informal enquiries may be made to Stacey Ridgway (stacey.ridgway@buckingham.ac.uk).
The closing date for applications is Thursday 27th March 2025 and it is anticipated that interviews will be held on the week commencing 31st March 2025.
Please note: if successful, any offer is subject to standard checks, including qualifications, eligibility to work in the UK on a permanent basis and DBS (if applicable)
For further information and details of how to apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.
