Senior Department Administrator

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

The School of Social Sciences is home to eight distinct departments: Criminology, Economics, Law, Politics, Philosophy, Social Anthropology, Social Statistics and Sociology.

The School comprises one of the largest collections of social scientists in the UK with over 300 academic and research staff supported by over 100 Professional Support Staff.


The role of the Senior Departmental Administrator is to coordinate the delivery of departmental administration across the eight departments, leading, supervising and motivating a team of administrative staff to deliver operational activity across the School.


You will line manage a team responsible for the day-to-day administration of departments, support Heads of Departments with key activities such as academic recruitment and act as the key liaison between the School and the Doctoral Academy that supports Postgraduate Research Students, to ensure consistent delivery of operational activities that support the Student Experience.

You will have previous experience of working within a busy office environment. You will possess excellent organisational skills, oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively and sensitively.

You will be self-motivated, able to demonstrate a flexible approach to work and be able to work independently, with the ability to adapt to constantly changing challenges while providing creative solutions.


What you will get in return:

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
  • Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more _here_
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Any CV's submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name:
Carla Liburd, Deputy School Operations Manager

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**Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

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