Academic Experience Coordinator Ref 20988

School/department: Social Science/Education and Social Work
Hours: Full-Time hours considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE (36.5 hours). Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need). Hybrid working arrangement subject to business need.
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent 
Reference: 20988
Salary: starting at £24,144 to £27,396 per annum, pro rata if part time
Placed on:  26 June 2023.
Closing date: 11 July 2023. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Expected Interview date: To be confirmed.
Expected start date: As soon as possible. 


Job description

The Social Science cluster is seeking to appoint a well organised administrator to support a range of activities to support student academic experience.  The post will have primary focus supporting the School of Education and Social Work.

Join us, and you will play a key part in supporting our students across their academic journey, based on our beautiful and vibrant university campus. The successful candidate will require excellent attention to detail and will be able to demonstrate that they that they can work well as part of a team dealing with sensitive situations.

The post-holder will support key processes in the remit of student and academic experience supporting the work of the Directors of Teaching and Learning and Student Experience.

Duties will include, but are not limited to, dealing with staff/student enquiries, maintaining accurate curriculum and assessment information, student engagement monitoring, event organisation and minute/note taking.

You will serve as a point of contact and link between students, staff members, internal departments, and external contacts providing administrative support ensuring that the processes and services operate smoothly.

The ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing is essential alongside a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages. Experience of working in HE academic administration or Student Support Services would be an advantage.

Please contact Susan Chater S.Chater@sussex.ac.uk  or Pippa Robinson pjr26@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply see our vacancies page

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy,  Inclusive Sussex, on our webpages.

Download Job Description and person specification 20988 [PDF 125.67KB]

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed from the UK. 

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 "This role may be eligible for sponsorship. For a job to be eligible for sponsorship it needs to be assigned an eligible SOC code & meet minimum salary requirements and be full time. Please contact HRCompliance@sussex.ac.uk so they can check if this role can be assigned to an eligible SOC code and meets the minimum salary requirements. You can also consult our Skilled Worker Visa Information page for further information"


How to apply

Download our professional services application form - Dec 2020 [DOC 203.00KB] and Personal Details and Equal Opportunities Form [DOCX 65.11KB] and fill in all sections.

You must email your completed application, and personal details and equal opportunities form, to jobapps@sussex.ac.uk

You should attach your application form and all documents to the email in PDF format (we are unable to accept applications as google.docs or .pages) and use the format job reference number / job title / your name in the subject line.

You can also send your application by post to Human Resources Division, Sussex House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH.


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