Programmes Administrative Assistant

About the role

You will provide administrative support for the undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses in the Faculty, including assessment processes, maintaining student records & responding to enquiries from academic colleagues and students.

Under the direction of the Taught Programmes Manager and Programmes Officers, you will support Programmes Administrators by working within shared, best-practice systems & processes, in compliance with University regulations & procedures, to ensure that services remain efficient, effective, and responsive to changing needs.

You will from time to time be required to undertake other duties of a similar nature as reasonably required by their line manager. This will form part of their substantive role and you will not receive additional payment for these activities.

You may occasionally be required to work on weekends to support relevant events. Time-off in-lieu can be taken in recognition of the additional hours. 

Annual leave is not normally permitted during the team's peak business periods.

About you 

Your strong work ethic and enthusiasm are more important to us than experience. This role would suit anyone interested in exploring a career in the HE sector and could represent a springboard to more senior roles in the future. 

Our ideal candidate will:

• Be a conscientious & considerate team player.
• Communicate effectively.
• Have excellent organisational skills.
• Show confident initiative.
• Be able to multitask & prioritise a busy workload.

About us

We care about staff and student well-being, personal and professional development, delivering excellent service and University reputation. If these values resonate with you and you are a good team player who also enjoys working independently and taking the initiative, we welcome your application.

As a Faculty we embrace change and provide a supportive environment in which to grow, offering professional development opportunities with a strong belief in the value of investing in our people and teams. We are currently operating a hybrid work model which is a combination of both campus and home working (minimum 3 days a week on campus to include Wednesdays). 

Further Information

This post is offered on a full-time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis.

During the peak workload periods when examinations are taking place, the Programmes Administrative Assistant will be required to work on campus every day (Monday – Friday).

If you have any questions about the role or the team please contact:

Emma Greeley, Programmes Manager (absesjg@bath.ac.uk) or Josh Ryall, Programmes Officer (jar97@bath.ac.uk).

Please ensure your application is submitted via the University website. 

More information about the Faculty of Engineering and Design and courses may be found here: https://www.bath.ac.uk/faculties/faculty-of-engineering-design/

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected & encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, & backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence & supporting disabled staff. 

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