Job description
About us
The UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences (FPHS) brings together eight academic departments whose common aim is to explore and understand the underlying factors that cause ill-health and innovate to improve health worldwide. We have recently reorganised our Education Administration and Student Experience (EASE) team and have formed new hubs to support our different types of students: Postgraduate Taught (PGT); Postgraduate Research (PGR); Undergraduate/Online; UCL East.
Our EASE team is integrated across the Faculty and we work closely to complete annual administrative tasks together. We are continually looking for ways to increase efficiency, reduced duplication, and create a better experience for our staff.
We are looking for an Education Administrator to join our team to support our Undergraduates in our Undergraduate/Online Hub (based in Bloomsbury).
About the role
This role will provide specialist administration to 2 iBSc programmes; Paediatrics and Child Health and the Global Health programme, ensuring effective procedures are adopted and documented for dealing with all aspects of the administration.
The position will support every part of the student lifecycle, including attendance monitoring, induction, assessments, student records, and teaching activities. They play a crucial part in providing a high quality and timely service to students and staff.
This role is part-time (0.5FTE). This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site.
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
About you
Applicants should have a minimum of five GCSEs at Grade C or above (including Mathematics and English) or have similar relevant work experience. You must have worked in a busy office environment, preferably within higher education. You should be very organised in your work, excellent at performing administrative duties, and be comfortable using a variety of software and systems. You will need good communication skills and have the desire to offer a high level of service. You will need to be able to work well as part of a team, liaise with a variety of people, and establish good working relationships with staff and students in a teaching and learning context.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The advert will close on 20th September at 23:59 GMT, however we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. Early application submission is recommended.
Interview Date(s) are scheduled for: 10th October 2023 (to be confirmed).
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
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