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 a high volume of enquiries?

This is an opportunity to play a central role in the Graduation and Awards Team supporting the planning and delivery of our graduation ceremonies, which are major institutional events to celebrate our students’ achievements. You will have excellent customer-service skills and support the front-of-house delivery of our graduation ceremonies. You will also 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.

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 ahead of our Graduation ceremonies.

This post is fixed term until 31 July 2024. A job share arrangement can be considered.

The post is suitable for hybrid working with the opportunity to combine some working from home with work at our Colchester campus. However, the postholder will need to work on our Colchester campus to support the planning and delivery of our graduation ceremonies and document production and distribution.

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.

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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