Graduation Assistant

Do you have a combination of strong organisational and recent administrative skills and experience, excellent attention to detail with the ability to respond to high volumes of enquiries?

This is an opportunity to play a central role in the Graduation and Awards Team and will support the planning and delivery if our graduation ceremonies and production of award documentation and verification. The Assessment Team play a leading institutional role in this important aspect of students’ academic lives, we are looking for an experienced administrator with strong organisational and communication skills.   

You will be responsible for responding to student, graduand, staff and alumni queries and act as a first point of contact for Graduands and their guests during Graduation. You will provide administrative support for the production and distribution of certificates, transcripts, and other records of achievement for students and alumni. 

You will help to plan and deliver our graduation ceremonies, which are major institutional events to celebrate our students’ achievements. You will have a strong customer-service skills and support the front-of-house delivery of our graduation ceremonies. 

You will have excellent IT, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build productive working relationships with a wide range of people and teams. You will be highly organised and used to delivering to deadlines.

This is a full-time, fixed-term post to 28 July 2023.

The post is suitable for hybrid working with the opportunity to combine some working from home with work at our Colchester campus.

At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.

To support this commitment we have our Global Forum, a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

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