Job Description

The opportunity

The Reaching Wider Team at Cardiff Metropolitan University is seeking to appoint an administrator to support the Reaching Wider team. The successful candidate will provide effective and efficient administrative support for the Reaching Wider Cardiff Metropolitan University team, contributing to the success of the team programmes.

Reaching Wider is a HEFCW funded national partnership programme of universities, schools and colleges working together to improve social mobility by widening access to all forms of higher education. The programme aims to increasing higher education participation from under-represented groups by raising educational aspirations and skills and creating innovative opportunities and learning pathways to higher education. The South East Wales Reaching Wider partnership is a collaborative programme led by delivery teams in Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff University and the University of South Wales. Delivery teams offer a suite of long-term interventions of workshops, activities and campus visits that support attainment raising, provide information, advice and guidance and assist progression to higher education and level 4 learning for targeted audiences. Our audiences are adults 21 and over without level 4 qualifications, young people in schools, care experienced young people and young people with caring responsibilities, prioritising learners from specific areas of higher socio-economic deprivation.

Our Reaching Wider South East Wales core values are:

Caring - Creating a culture where people feel valued, safe, heard, supported and respected.

Collaboration - Actively collaborating across our programme strands, partner HEI\xe2\x80\x99s and externally for the mutual benefit of all.

Inclusion - Valuing and respecting the contribution of every individual, recognising and celebrating difference.

Reflection - Gaining insight on how to move forward by exploring and examining ourselves, our perspectives, attributes, experiences, actions and interactions personally and professionally.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll do

• Deal with a range of enquires from internal and external customers in a professional manner, establishing their requirements and adapting the standard responses accordingly.
• Provide administrative support in the organisation of events and programmes that are delivered both on and off campus.
• Collaborate with colleagues to make recommendations for developments of established processes and procedures.
• Establish working relationships with key contacts to help improve service levels.
• Undertake administrative tasks for the team, such as dealing with team orders, finances, invoices and deliveries, timesheets, liaising with the Estates and Campus Services teams, booking rooms, ordering catering/transport, printing out resources.
• Gather, input and analyse data to update administrative systems with accurate information, establishing basic trends and patterns in any data submitted.

Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?

In 2020, the University was named The Sunday Times \xe2\x80\x98Welsh University of the Year 2021\xe2\x80\x99; in 2021 it became the Times Higher Education \xe2\x80\x98UK and Ireland University of the Year 2022\xe2\x80\x99; and in 2022 it was ranked the top university in the UK in the People and Planet Green League.

We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support each other, we are kind to one another, and we are one team; we are One Cardiff Met. We encourage and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best.

In addition, the University offers highly competitive terms and conditions including:

• Annual leave of 25 days, rising to 30 days after 1 years\xe2\x80\x99 service, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days (pro rata if part time).
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous contributions.
• Flexible and remote working opportunities.
• Excellent family friendly policies.
• Award winning sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership, plus subsidised physiotherapy/complementary therapy/sports massage.
• Access to all library facilities.
• Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work.
• Free family access to our independent wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity, please contact the Cardiff Metropolitan University Reaching Wider Manager, Lynda Gingell via email:

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

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