Job Description

We are looking for someone who enjoys variety in their work, working with colleagues across the University, and wants to join a friendly team striving to enhance the postgraduate researcher (PGR) experience.

You will have primary responsibility for administration in relation to research degree admissions, progression and examination across the University. In addition to being responsible for arranging admissions interviews and vivas (oral examinations), maintaining and reporting on records, you will also be responsible for overseeing the Graduate School staff diaries and the supervisor directory as well as processing right to work checks and financial claims from visiting lecturers. 

You will benefit from 22 days annual leave plus 13 bank holiday and University closure days per annum. We aim to provide our staff with a positive work life balance and have a range of schemes in place to support this. Your continued professional development is as important to us as it is to you and we demonstrate this through our investment in your activity.

You will be automatically enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme and have access to our staff benefits platform, which provides you with discounts across the high street to help you save money on your everyday spending such as supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more. We also offer discounted membership to our state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You will be able to support postgraduate researchers during their studies by dealing with enquiries swiftly and accurately, including being proficient in the application of the Research Degree Regulations across all levels. You must be flexible and responsive to the demands of the team, postgraduate researchers, and academic colleagues to provide an excellent service, being able to handle all forms of matters that you may encounter as a front facing area. With previous experience of working in a fast-paced administrative environment and inbox management, you will be highly organized, with an ability to proactively priorities your work whilst also working independently and make decisions at the appropriate level.

In this role you will be required to have excellent IT, negotiation and interpersonal skills and be able to communicate high level, complex information to staff at all levels whilst also forming good working relationships across the University. You demonstrate a flexible and organized approach to your work and responsibilities, able to work to strict deadlines whilst maintaining high attention to detail.