About the role

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is looking for a proactive and self-motivated Programmes Administrator to join our Taught Programmes Team in a full time, permanent post. 

You will play a key role, working closely with other team members and academic staff to ensure the smooth and efficient administration and operation of our degree programmes within the Faculty. 

Previous experience

You will have previous experience of working in an administrative support role (preferably with experience of student administration) or equivalent experience working in a busy office in an administrative role.

Key activities 

• Day-to-day administrative support for degree programmes
• Student and staff enquiries
• Student data management
• Processing student assessments and results
• Arranging events like Welcome Week and plenaries
• Some oversees travel required (up to twice a year) to attend and support plenaries at partner institutions

Key skills

• Accuracy and attention to detail 
• Ability to manage a busy workload
• Teamwork
• Effective communication skills are essential as you will work closely with your team, academic colleagues and students from across the world
• Strong digital literacy
• Taking the initiative and problem-solving
• Process improvement

We care about delivering excellent service, student and staff wellbeing, and University reputation. If this approach resonates with you and you are a great teammate who also enjoys working independently, we would love to receive an application from you.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Programmes Manager Emma Scrase at efs24@bath.ac.uk however, please ensure your application is submitted via the University website. 

About the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences brings together six departments with an excellent reputation for both teaching and research. More information regarding our courses may be found here: http://www.bath.ac.uk/departments/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/

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 arrange Faculty Away days, social events, book/craft clubs and are open to new ideas. We love to support our local community and charities through fundraising events.

During 2024/25 we are offering hybrid working in the Faculty Professional Services Staff team. This means you must work part of the week on campus in the office and you may also work part of the week from home. 

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we 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 are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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