Faculty Administrator

About the role

As a Faculty Administrator, you’ll be part of the Faculty of Social Science’s professional services team, supporting the smooth delivery of day-to-day operations. You’ll provide a friendly and efficient front-line service for staff, students, and visitors, while also supporting internal communications, event coordination, and general administrative processes.

Reporting to the Assistant Operations Manager, you’ll contribute to a wide range of activities, including responding to enquiries, maintaining records, supporting the organisation of Faculty events, and carrying out basic finance administration

You’ll also help ensure the smooth running of the Faculty’s buildings by supporting facilities-related tasks — for example, liaising with Estates, managing post and supplies, and helping to report and follow up on maintenance issues.

You’ll be based in one of our Faculty buildings (Arts C, Essex House, or Freeman) and will collaborate closely with colleagues across the Faculty and wider University to help ensure everything runs smoothly.

About you

You’ll be an organised and adaptable team player, confident managing a varied workload and providing professional support in a busy environment. You’ll enjoy working with people and be comfortable communicating with a wide range of stakeholders — from students and visitors to academic and administrative staff.

You should have previous experience in an administrative role, ideally within a large or complex organisation, and be confident using Microsoft Office and managing shared inboxes. Experience supporting events, handling financial processes, and improving administrative systems will also be valuable.

Above all, you’ll bring a flexible, proactive approach and a willingness to support colleagues across the Faculty wherever needed.

About our Faculty

Find out more about the Faculty of Social Science 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.

Find out more about our reward and benefits package.

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion

Further Key Information

Please contact Fred Fordham, f.fordham@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply, 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. 

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