Administrator (Part Time, Fixed Term, Maternity Cover)

If you are looking for the first or next step in your career, this is an exciting opportunity to join the Registry and Academic Affairs department, and we look forward to hearing from you.  Further information surrounding the work we do; our teams and our mission and goal is available here.    

What will you be doing? 

As administrator, you will follow established processes to provide high quality support to students and academics across the University. Please see the job description / role profile form for further details of the activities you will undertake.   

What qualities are we looking for? 

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated 
• Excellent organisation and accuracy skills 
• Collaborative team worker but is also able to work independently 

About the team 

The Postgraduate Research (PGR) team deliver high-quality services to a diverse community of students and staff across areas relating to the PGR journey.  The team support the administration of the student journey from registration to graduation and work with the Researcher Academy, Faculties and Professional Services to enhance the postgraduate research student experience and contribute to the research community.  

Key activities include: 

• Maintaining the student record including engagement, supervision and progression activity 
• Managing the research degree examination process 
• Managing change of circumstance requests 
• Overseeing the regulations and quality manual content for research degrees 
• Overseeing the development and strategy for PGR student record systems 

Why work with us?  

At the University of Nottingham, we are committed to providing generous employment packages whilst supporting the well-being of our staff to help them reach their full potential, for further information and detail on benefits, please click here. 

This position is available on a fixed term contract to provide maternity leave cover until 13 July 2027.  Hours of work are 21.75 hours per week, preferably across Wednesday to Friday, with potential flexibility around these days.

Our current policy is that 60% of working hours are carried out from Campus.    

Starting salary will normally be at the first point of the salary scale unless a candidate has significant relevant, HE skills/experience. 

Candidates invited to interview will also be asked to undertake a short skills assessment.  Interview expenses will not be paid.    

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Lucy Hoti, Manager, email lucy.hoti@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted

Further details:

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme. 

We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.

Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.

Advert information