Senior Course Coordinator – Course Admin Team

About the role

The role is based in the University of Sussex Business School.  We are seeking to appoint a full-time Senior Coordinator to lead a small team and coordinate support for a range of courses within the School. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy and vibrant unit that is expanding its teaching provision. You will be responsible for administering the School’s courses and teaching support processes, including quality assurance systems. The post will provide an opportunity for working with a friendly team of staff. The successful candidate will have excellent organization, communication, IT and customer service skills.    

About you

In collaboration with the Education Manager and Assistant Education Manager, you will be responsible for supervising a team of Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators. This includes facilitating staff orientation, delivering training, and conducting performance evaluations.

You will take initiative in overseeing the delegation of tasks across the team, ensuring responsibilities are aligned with each member’s role and expertise. You will also lead both internal and external communications on behalf of the team, ensuring clarity, consistency, and professionalism.

A comprehensive understanding of the team’s functions is essential. You will achieve this by actively participating in departmental meetings, contributing relevant data and presentations, and ensuring the team's responsibilities are clearly represented and understood within the wider department.

Additionally, you will support teaching-related planning by maintaining data schedules, organizing instructional sessions, and overseeing the coordination efforts of the team. A key aspect of the role involves responding to inquiries from staff, students, and visitors in an efficient, informed, and courteous manner.

This Job Description sets out current duties of the post that may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed.

About our School

As a pioneering research-driven and interdisciplinary Faculty, the University of Sussex Business School offers an inspiring and supportive environment for impactful business and management research and scholarship. Our five dynamic Departments—Accounting and Finance, Strategy and Marketing, Management, Economics, and the renowned Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)—are dedicated to advancing academic excellence and practical insights to inform policy and drive responsible business solutions.

With a strong commitment to innovation and sustainability, the School shapes the future of business education, producing research and scholarship and graduates that make a difference in the UK and globally. By joining us, you will be part of a distinctive, future-focused community influencing real-world practices and promoting sustainable development.

Please find further information regarding the University of Sussex Business School on our website.

Why work here

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme. 

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it’s our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.

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