Job description
Agile working (following completion of probationary period) The Opportunity This post represents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join The Faculty of Natural Sciences as a Psychology School’s Operations Administrator. The School currently offers Single Honours, Combined Honours and Postgraduate programmes in Psychology The Faculty delivers a range of subjects to over 4000 students across Foundation Year, Degree level and Master’s level. You will provide an efficient and comprehensive administrative service, supporting degree programmes within the School. Working in the Student Programmes Team you will primarily be responsible for supporting the Psychology undergraduate programmes. However, it is anticipated that there will be elements of joint working across the School’s programmes. You will work alongside other administrative colleagues and will provide assistance to the School Operations Officer, and the Faculty Operations Manager in ensuring the effective day-to-day operation of the School’s Administrative service. The successful candidate will have 4 GCSEs A-C, including Maths and English (or equivalent) and recent administrative experience. You should be organised, possess excellent IT skills with experience of using databases and IT software to efficiently manage information, data and produce routine reports, have good communication skills, and demonstrate excellence in customer service. Keele University is one of the UK's largest campus universities and occupies a beautiful and historic 600 acre estate; to find out more about who we are visit https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/ The Benefits The University recognises that its success depends upon the contribution and dedication of its talented staff. In return, we have a competitive benefits package available, including: Competitive rate of pay with annual increments within the grade Generous annual leave entitlement with opportunities to purchase additional leave Excellent staff pension scheme Access to continued personal, professional and career development On site ‘outstanding’ nursery Discounted health & fitness facilities on site Cycle to work scheme (depending on eligibility) The University is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible. Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education, innovative research, beautiful campus, strong community spirit and excellent student experience. With a turnover in excess of £170 million, over 12,500 students and a total staff of approximately 2000, the University provides high quality teaching across a wide range of academic and vocational subjects and promotes world-class research. Further information can be found at https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/ Keele University values equality and diversity across our workforce and to ensuring our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles. How to Apply For full post details and to find out more about working at Keele please visit: www.keele.ac.uk/vacancies Keele University employees wishing to apply should login to Employee Self Service and click on the 'View current vacancies' link. Optional - For informal enquiries may be addressed to Mrs. Janice Preece – Faculty Operations Manager on j.c.preece@keele.ac.uk. Applications to this address will not be accepted. Closing Date 28th January 2024 Interviews will be held on: 9th February 2024