Departmental Officer

2 weeks ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full time

**Please note: this job is only available to current employees of Lancaster University**
This is an exciting secondment opportunity to join the Law School professional services team. This secondment position is on a 0.5 fte basis (18.25 hours) until 31 July 2024 to work in collaboration with the existing Departmental Officer to provide effective management and administration services for the highly ranked School of Law.** **The Law School is a large department with over 70 staff covering Law and Criminology at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The Departmental Officer is an important and varied role. This role leads the department’s professional services staff, delivering operational excellence across all of the department’s activities, implementing governance and facilitating the effective management of resources, departmental operations, including human resources, and planning. The role-holder works closely with the Head of Department and academic staff, delivering student programmes administration, human resources and project management. The Departmental Officer is the key point of contact for the department with the wider university professional services and successfully co-ordinates internal/external working partnerships and relationships. The Departmental Officer is also a key member of the Faculty professional services team, working with staff across the Faculty and wider university to respond to change, share best practice and deliver continuous improvement.

You will possess excellent organisational and communication skills and the ability to prioritise a demanding and varied workload. Interpersonal skills and an ability to work with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders are essential.


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