Senior Education Coordinator

Hours: Full time considered up to a maximum of 1 FTE/ 36.5 hours per week.

Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

See current salary scales.

Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Expected Interview date: TBC

Expected start date: August 2025 

About the role

The role is based in the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities. 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 faculty.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy and vibrant unit that is innovating 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, planning, communication, IT, Data analytics and customer service skills.

About you

In collaboration with the Senior Education Manager and Assistant Education Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of Coordinators. This includes facilitating staff orientation, delivering training, and conducting achievement and development reviews.

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 analysis and presentations, and ensuring the team's responsibilities are clearly represented and understood within the wider faculty.

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 Faculty

Please find further information regarding the Faculty at:

https://www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/media-arts-humanities/internal/ 

Why work here

Find out more about our reward and benefits package.

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion

Further Key Information

Please contact Senior Education Manager, Hayley Bowerman for informal enquiries at H.L.Bowerman@sussex.ac.uk

For full details and how to apply please click the 'Apply' button, above.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

Visa Sponsorship Queries:

This role may be eligible for sponsorship. Please consult our Skilled Worker Visa information page for further information about Visa Sponsorship. Please be aware that any role graded below 5.3 or £30,960 per annum will not be eligible sponsorship.

Advert information