Administrator London, England

Royal College of Art

Full Time London, England 34786 - 39617 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Founded in 1837, the Royal College of Art is the world’s largest community of postgraduate art and design students. It is also the oldest art and design university in continuous operation and has been ranked as the world ‘s number 1 art & design university for a remarkable nine consecutive years, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 – the largest world-wide survey of academic and industry opinion.

School of Architecture

The School of Architecture is led by Dr Adrian Lahoud and provides a stimulating and vibrant cultural context for study in one of the world’s leading cities for design and the creative industries. The distinctive College environment offers students the opportunity to realise live projects and to work alongside designers and fine artists in an intensive, postgraduate-only environment. Students are encouraged to extend their material, conceptual and technical skills – expanding the potential of their practice while forming a rich set of networks and creative partnerships able to sustain their future careers.

We are looking for an Administrator to support the delivery, coordination, organisation and administration of postgraduate programmes supporting the school general manager and academic staff in pursuit of excellent standards of postgraduate education and an unrivalled student experience. The role will span all elements of administration, across the student lifecycle, including work on planning and development, marketing, admissions, student induction, timetabling, student records, assessment and feedback and examination administration.

The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent. In addition, it is essential that candidates have:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to plan and prioritise tasks effectively.
Ability to use initiative and work independently and as part of a team.
Competent at operating appropriate IT systems, ideally including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
Knowledge of assessments and examination processes and logistics.
Knowledge of Research, MRes, PhD and MPhil and project delivery
Ability to use initiative or creativity to resolve problems.

Please see the Information Pack for further details. This role is full time and fixed term until the end of 2023 to cover the substantive post holder absence and based in Kensington. If you are interested we will send you the link to apply on our web site.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 8 months

Salary: £34,786.00-£39,617.00 per year

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