Assistant Administrator

Peninsula Dental School

An exciting opportunity is avaliable for an enthusiastic and dedicated administrator to join the professional services team in the Peninisula Dental School (one of Englands top dental schools), responsible for supporting dental students and academic staff throughout the student journey.

About the role:

Under the direction of the Senior Programme Administrator and Programme Administrators as a member of the team, the role holder will:

• Contibute to the delivery of a customer focused, cost effective and efficient administrative support service.
• Support the administration and related acitivites for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and Bachelor of Science Dental Therapy and Hygiene (BSc DTH) programmes for the Peninsula Dental School, within the Faculty of Health, in line with University academic regulations, professional guidelines and legaislative requirements.

Assistant administrator duties will include:

• Maintaining student records and assessment data
• Helping out with reception when required
• Attendance monitoring
• Attending, organising, and minuting student feedback and support meetings

This is a diverse role that contributes to the delivery of a customer focused, efficient, and effective administative support service which includes supporting academic staff with curriculum delivery, assessments, and supporting students across all postgraduate and undergraduate programmes within the dental school.

This is a full time, fixed term role, working 37 hours per week until 31/07/2027 as absence cover.

For more information on Peninsula Dental School please visit our dedicated webpage at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools

Due to the nature of the role, unfortunately we are unable to accommodate working from home.

Please refer to the job description for further information.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Danielle Northey:by email at danielle.northey@plymouth.ac.uk

We’re currently unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker visa route.

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated, and well organised individual to take up the post of Assistant Administrator to work in the Faculty Office Programme Administration team.

You will:

• Have experience operating effectively as a member of an administrative team within a customer service environment.
• Have a flexible and resilient attitude in an ever-changing and challenging environment will be vital.
• Need organisational skills, excellent IT skills (including spreadsheets and databases), the ability to be pragmatic and proactively solution-focused to seek resolutions to problems and can work within tight deadlines.
• Have good communication skills, minute taking, teamwork and data reporting are also essential.
• Have experience working in a medical or education function/environment (or equivalent) would be desirable.

The role will be based at the student-facing Faculty Office in the Portland Square building on the main University campus, although occasional travel to other sites (Derriford and Truro) will be required. The office is shared between staff supporting Schools across the Faculty.

For more information about the job and the person specification, please refer to the job description.

About us:

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education.

Application Process:

Please apply online, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training, skills and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Our Offer:

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

Please apply via the ‘Apply’ button above.

Closing date: 18/10/2026

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