Student & Programme Support Administrator (Maternity Cover)

About the vacancy: We are looking for a full-time fixed term Administrator to join our Student and Programme Support (SPS) Team at our Frenchay Campus.

You will work collaboratively with academic and professional service teams supporting the student journey, and helping students achieve success in their studies. The workload is varied and encompasses almost every aspects of the student journey at the University.

The SPS Team works collaboratively with academic and professional service teams to deliver a high quality service aimed at helping students achieve success in their studies. The responsibilities of the team are extremely varied and touch on almost every aspect of the student journey, from the moment they arrive at UWE until their graduation and beyond.

About you: We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a wide range of administrative experience in a professional office environment. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise competing demands are key in this role.

The successful postholder will have good IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, as well as experience in working with complex database systems. The ability to manipulate data and produce basic reports is essential in this role.

There will be times when workloads are high and it is therefore essential that you are resilient, flexible and able to approach your work in a calm and professional manner.

About us: Student and Academic Services (SAS) is a large professional service supporting staff and students across the academic life cycle promoting the student experience. Our support services enable students to develop academically, professionally, and personally. SAS operate across all campuses delivering service excellence.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 36,000 students and 4,200 staff from right across the globe. In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including generous annual leave and pension schemes as well as opportunities for training and personal development.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic candidates, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

Further information

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Rachael Williams, Rachael4.Williams@uwe.ac.uk or Rikke Hayman, Rikke.Hayman@uwe.ac.uk

This role is full-time (37 hours per week) and are advertised as a fixed term role, for one year, or the early return of the postholder.

Interviews to take place at our Frenchay Campus in the week commencing 22 April.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students, this role is therefore campus based with the opportunity for some remote working.

Even though this role is based at our Frenchay campus, we do have SPS teams based at all of our campuses and you may be asked to work from the other campuses from time to time, this could be to attend training, team meetings or to support other teams.

The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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