Receptionist

**The University of Cambridge**_

The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s oldest and most successful Universities, with an outstanding reputation for academic achievement and research. It consistently ranks among the top universities in the world and its graduates have won more Nobel Prizes than any other university in the world. The University comprises more than 150 departments, faculties, schools and other institutions, plus a central administration and 31 independent and autonomous colleges.

The University and the Colleges are linked in a complex historical relationship. The Colleges are self
- governing, separate legal entities which appoint their own staff. They admit students, provide student accommodation and deliver small group teaching (supervisions). The University awards degrees and its faculties and departments provide lectures and seminars for students, determine the syllabi for teaching and conduct research.
- **The Faculty of Education**_
- **Background**_

The Faculty of Education is a member of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) at the University of Cambridge. It is one of the largest groups of educational researchers and teacher educators in the country. Currently, the Faculty has an academic staff of approximately 50 University lecturers, 40 Teaching Associates and over 50 research staff. There are approximately 50 assistant staff in support of teaching, research, outreach projects, finance, library, IT, audio
- visual, buildings, etc. There are approximately 800 students in the Faculty.

The wide range of academic expertise covers all stages of formal education from the early years to the primary and secondary stages of schooling. We are therefore well placed to make major contributions both to the advancement of knowledge and practice about issues of contemporary significance and to the development of individuals and educational institutions.

The Faculty occupies modern, purpose-built accommodation on a single site at Hills Road. It offers excellent facilities to support teaching and research, including a library service offering one of the best education collections in the UK, an extensive Learning Resource Centre, teaching rooms, offices and social facilities.
- **Research at the Faculty**_

The policy of the Faculty, and of the University, is that all University Teaching Officers should be active researchers. The University of Cambridge performed strongly in REF2021. The Faculty of Education ranked fourth in terms of research power, with a GPA score of 3.4 and 61% of the submission being ranked at 4*.

A flexible approach to forming research teams is encouraged, with colleagues working together as

appropriate within the Faculty, within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and across
Departments and Schools at the institutional level. Collaborations outside the University contribute
28% to our Research income.

Currently, the Faculty is undertaking externally-funded research projects with a combined value of
£18.3m. Major sponsors in the recent past have included the Economic and Social Research Council, government departments, and a range of charitable trusts as well as other educational organisations.
- **Teaching and Learning at the Faculty**_

The Faculty’s focus on its research profile is complemented by its commitment to excellence in all aspects of teaching and learning. The Faculty has a portfolio of Masters and Research degrees and attracts outstanding students from both the UK and overseas. It is recognised by the ESRC as providing one of the highest quality educational research training programmes available anywhere in the UK and has been highly successful in obtaining studentships from the ESRC and other funding bodies.

The Faculty also offers a PGCE programme which is consistently recognised by Ofsted as being of outstanding quality (grade 1). This involves a close working relationship with some 250 schools in the region, enabling about 300 students to prepare for careers in primary or secondary schools each year.
These partnerships also support the Faculty’s research activities. In September 2015, the University of Cambridge opened a new primary school with strong links to the Faculty. The Faculty also offers a three year BA degree in Education studies combining study of core Education papers with three pathways: Education, Policy and International Development; Education, Psychology and Learning; and Education, English Drama and the Arts.
- **The Role**_

The postholder will be based in the Donald McIntyre Building at the Reception desk which is a focal point for welcoming students, visitors and staff. There are two receptionists who work closely as a team to ensure the Reception desk is open continuously from 08:30 to 17:30, Monday to Friday.

We are recruiting for one part-time position and the working hours will be:

- **Afternoon shift**: 13:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday (0.62 FTE, 22.5 hours a week)

The role-holders ma