Schools Operations Administrator

Grade 4 £24,044 - £26,038 pro-rata (Incremental progression)

Part Time (0.8 FTE) Indefinite 

The Opportunity

This post represents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a team of staff in Keele University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences within the School of Psychology. The School currently offers Single Honours, Combined Honours and Postgraduate programmes in Psychology. 

The Faculty delivers a range of subjects to over 4000 students across Foundation Year, Degree level and Master’s level.   

You will provide an efficient and comprehensive administrative service, supporting degree programmes within the School.  Working in the Student Programmes Team you will primarily be responsible for supporting the Psychology undergraduate programmes. However, it is anticipated that there will be elements of joint working across the School’s programmes. You will work alongside other administrative colleagues and will provide assistance to the School Operations Officer, and the Faculty Operations Manager in ensuring the effective day-to-day operation of the School’s Administrative service. 

The successful candidate will have 4 GCSEs A-C, including Maths and English (or equivalent) and recent administrative experience. You should be organised, possess excellent IT skills with experience of using databases and IT software to efficiently manage information, data and produce routine reports, have good communication skills, and demonstrate excellence in customer service.

The Benefits

The University recognises that its success depends upon the contribution and dedication of its talented staff. In return, we have a competitive benefits package available, including:  

• Competitive rate of pay with annual increments within the grade (Keele Spine)
• Generous annual leave entitlement with opportunities to purchase additional leave  
• Excellent staff pension scheme   
• Access to continued personal, professional and career development   
• On site ‘outstanding’ nursery    
• Discounted health & fitness facilities on site  
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)

Please note that the starting salary will typically be at the bottom of the pay scale shown above

The University is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible. 

The University

Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education, innovative research, beautiful campus, strong community spirit and excellent student experience. With a turnover in excess of £170 million, over 12,500 students and a total staff of approximately 2000, the University provides high quality teaching across a wide range of academic and vocational subjects and promotes world-class research. Further information can be found at https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/

How to Apply

To apply online for this vacancy and for full post details and copies of job descriptions, please click on the 'Apply' button above. 

Keele University employees wishing to apply should login to Employee Self Service and click on the 'View current vacancies' link.

For informal enquiries may be addressed to Mrs. Janice Preece – Faculty Operations Manager on j.c.preece@keele.ac.uk. Applications to this address will not be accepted. 

Closing Date: 3 November 2024

Interviews will be held on: 21 November 2024

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