Deputy Academic Registrar

Overview of the Role

The post holder will have an integral role in ensuring the smooth running of academic mafters and administrafive support within the College and will depufise for the Academic Registrar in their absence. They are expected to develop expert knowledge of College and University systems and procedures, to take effecfive decisions and to build key relafionships within and beyond the College. The post-holder will work closely with the Academic Registrar and College Officers responsible for the academic acfivifies of the College, with members of the College’s Academic Office staff, College Fellows and lecturers, other members of the College’s professional staff, undergraduate and graduate students. Liaison will also be required with staff in other colleges and University departments.

This is a senior administrafive posifion in the College, suitable for candidates who have held administrafive responsibilifies in an academic or academic-related environments, who will enjoy working collaborafively with other members of administrafive staff, and also with Fellows and other academics of the College.

Person Specificafion

Essenfial

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in a similar role within Higher Educafion.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including a high-level of proficiency in verbal and wriften communicafion and an awareness of the sensifivifies of dealing with a variety of different consfituencies within the context of a collegiate University.
• Excellent IT skills, including word processing, email, spreadsheets and databases.
• Accuracy, aftenfion to detail, and an organised and methodical approach to work.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise judgement and inifiafive.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure, and to priorifise and meet deadlines.
• Flexibility in their approach to work, with a co-operafive aftitude, and an appreciafion of the fact that roles in a busy office are not always clearly demarcated, and team members will be required to help each other in order to ensure that the Academic Office as a whole maintains the excellent standards of service that the College requires and expects of it.
• Ability to handle sensifive and confidenfial mafters with discrefion.

Desirable

• Line management experience.
• xperience in a welfare or pastoral role.
• Experience of serving commiftees.

Hours of work: Normal office hours are 33.75 hours per week. Normal hours of work are to be agreed but are expected to fall within the period 8.00am – 6pm, with up to an hour for lunch which is unpaid. Some flexibility will be required according to parficular responsibilifies; some evening and weekend. Please click on the following link to view the full job descripfion and apply: New College - Deputy Academic Registrar.

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