Administrator

Faculty Operations (Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences)

We currently have two Administrator positions available in the Faculty Operations Team, as detailed below:

Administrator – fixed-term; available immediately until 31st July 2024. The post is full-time but applicants who wish to work part-time (0.8 FTE or above) will also be considered (Starting salary £24,948 per annum, pro-rata on Grade D).

Administrator – fixed-term, full-time, available immediately until 31st December 2023 (Starting salary £24,948 per annum, pro-rata on Grade D).

We are operating a hybrid working model with staff alternating between working on campus (Streatham campus, Exeter) and from home.

Team

The team provides a crucial frontline support service to support the delivery of the Faculty’s strategic education, research and global ambitions and is integral to the success of the Faculty. This post will report to the Faculty Senior Administrator and initially be assigned to a specific department/portfolio to review, in line with business demands across the joint division of Education and Academic Services.

Summary of the role

This role provides essential frontline administrative support to students and academic leaders within the departments including high-quality administrative support to key departmental/local governance priorities, comprehensive diary management and meeting support; including minute-taking. The role ensures the frontline delivery of professional services in a timely manner ensuring that business is delivered to deadlines. You will be expected to be heavily involved in local themes of work including enhancing the student experience, Research Excellence Framework (REF) and Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) preparation including, but not limited to, action planning and tracking, reporting on outcomes and ensuring deadlines are met.

Contributing towards institution-wide projects, particularly the digital transformation programme, you will be involved in the design, testing and roll-out phases of specific projects acting as locality ‘champion’ and encouraging/supporting the uptake of such roll-out amongst the academic community. Given the frontline business support nature of this role, the post holder will be expected to respond to, manage and follow up on a diverse range of queries from a variety of internal and external stakeholders in a customer/end-user orientated manner.

The post holder will also assist with managing departmental social media accounts, liaising with academic staff to build a following and raise departmental profiles. This may include providing expertise and support to other disciplines.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 and the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities released by Shanghai Rankings).

Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99% of our research is of international quality and our world-leading research impact is growing faster than any other Russell Group university (2021 Research Excellence Framework). We are using the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future. Our shared purpose and vision continually moves us forward to make a difference to our people, our communities, our partners and the world around us. Read about our world leading research on Green Futures and how we are transforming educationfor a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO City of Literature

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave(up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Emily Morris (Executive Officer) e.morris3@exeter.ac.uk