Programme Administration Officer

This is a full-time, fixed-term post until August 2028.

Closing date: 23:59 on 7th September 2025.

Interview date: 18th September 2025.

The Professional Services Programme will support the University’s strategy to ensure long-term financial sustainability, improve service quality, and enhance the student and staff experience.

We are looking for a Programme Administration Officer to provide high-quality, professional administrative services to this programme to support the successful delivery of the programme objectives and to ensure that the programme realises its intended benefits.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to get involved from the outset of the programme and to work as part of a new programme team to have a real impact on its success. You will be based in the Executive and Governance Office where you will be able to draw on the experience and advice of professional administrative colleagues to develop your own skills and knowledge further.

Our ideal candidate is a strong communicator who is extremely well organised, can work to deadlines and is able to work both independently and collaboratively to achieve team goals. You will have:

• Experience of working in a busy office environment within an administrative role.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• An ability to engage sensitively and constructively with a wide range of people.
• An ability to resolve issues and queries independently.
• Excellent IT skills with a range of packages and systems including Microsoft Office, Teams and PowerPoint.
• A genuine interest in project and programme management.

We welcome applications from both external and internal candidates. As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to professional development, this role can be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Internal candidates looking for a secondment should discuss this with their line manager prior to applying.

Contact Name: Tasha Easton
Contact Job Title: Executive and Governance Manager
Contact Email Address: n.easton@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Polly Tudball
Alternative Contact Job Title: Executive and Governance Manager
Alternative Contact Email Address: p.tudball@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Caroline Raihan
Alternative Contact Job Title: Programme Manager
Alternative Contact Email Address: c.raihan@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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