Job Description

Salary Range

14,35.00 (17.5 hours per week)

Location

Buckingham

Application Deadline

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Job Profile

Job Profile document

Job Summary

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL:

Faculty of Business, Humanities & Social Sciences

JOB TITLE:

Faculty Administrator

SALARY & HOURS:

14,325; 17.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)


The University of Buckingham has a unique atmosphere, unlike that of any other higher educational institution. Despite being the UK's smallest university and the only independent university to hold a Royal Charter, Buckingham has staff from over 60 countries, making it a truly distinctive work environment. Whichever of our locations you find yourself working in, you will be sure to feel a part of our friendly community. Our size enables us to foster a very personalised, supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment, with lots of opportunity for development, something which we are very proud of.


The Corporate and Professional Services departments are the cornerstone of the University. They each provide essential and valuable support to both each other and the Academic departments, helping the University to function in the most efficient and productive way, ensuring that the students' experience is second to none.

Role Purpose

The Faculty of Business, Humanities & Social Sciences is looking to recruit a part time Faculty Administrator to join a busy team based on our Hunter Street campus.Due to the need to initiate workloads very quickly, the successful candidate should have a strong understanding of HE and/or FE settings, ideally currently or recently employed within the sector.


Duties will include:


To deliver administrative processes across the Faculty as determined by the Faculty Registrar. To deliver front-line administrative services within their allocated domain or cohort, including day-to-day academic and student enquiries and preparation and sending of communications to stakeholders. To support the Faculty's senior administrative staff to maintain the necessary resources for the delivery of the curriculum and to liaise with academic staff as necessary to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of the curriculum. To provide support - face-to-face and online to students across the faculty. To liaise with staff in the University's Student Services Teams to ensure students are correctly signposted to University services. To liaise with staff in the University's Student Administration Team to ensure accurate student records are maintained.

Skills & Experience

The post also demands knowledge of MS Office 365, strong customer service and communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, analytical and problem-solving capability, understanding of University structures and systems, and wider sector/external awareness together with an ability to contribute to service and policy development.


Knowledge of eVision/SITS would be advantageous although full training will be given.


Apprenticeship administration experience desirable but not essential.


We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can't tick every box, but we are invested in our people and their development, so we encourage you to apply if you believe you have the majority of the skills and experience required and are keen to develop further!

What can we offer you?


We might be small, but we can still offer plenty of perks! In addition to an Aviva Pension scheme, we offer:


Beautiful working environments across our campuses in Buckingham and Crewe, with plenty of space Employee Assistance Programme Christmas closure On-site gym and exercise classes On-site catering facilities University bookshop with staff discount (Buckingham) Free access to LinkedIn Learning courses Free on-site parking Excellent opportunities to network and continue learning across a variety of departments Nursery on-site at our Crewe campus Discount of courses for staff and their families

Informal enquiries may be made to Stacey Ridgway (stacey.ridgway@buckingham.ac.uk).


The closing date for applications is Thursday 1st May 2025 and it is anticipated that interviews will be held on the week commencing 5th May 2025.

Please note: if successful, any offer is subject to standard checks, including qualifications, eligibility to work in the UK on a permanent basis and DBS (if applicable)

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website

http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/hr/