Course Coordinator Ref 20815
School/department: Social Science/Education & Social Work
Hours: Full-time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent
Reference: 20815
Salary: starting at £24,144 to £27,396 per annum, pro rata if part-time.
Placed on: 26 June 2023
Closing date: 19 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 Group of Schools is seeking to appoint a full-time Education Coordinator to work as part of a shared-service team supporting the development of placement and partnership activity in the School of Education and Social Work.
This role is to provide administrative support with student placements for a range of Education and Social Work courses, including the BA in Primary and Early Years Education and the PGCE Teacher Training courses.
The successful candidate will be a key member of a friendly team which is committed to delivering excellent training in education and social work courses. They will have administrative experience within a busy and changing environment, excellent IT and organisational skills, attention to detail and be able to communicate effectively with a range of people including academic staff and local school partners. Experience of working in higher education admissions would be advantageous.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
• Work directly with Education and Social Work partners, tutors and the Senior Education Office for Partnership and Placements to ensure the appropriate and timely placement of students across a range of different courses.
• Maintain clear and effective communication with School placement providers.
• To co-ordinate the provision of clerical and administrative support, ensuring that the processes and services for which they are responsible operate smoothly.
• Ensure timely and accurate records management and compliance with University regulations and quality standards, maintaining and updating appropriate records of student placements.
• Assist with the appropriate production, distribution and collation of partnership and student placement related documentation.
Initiative, flexibility and the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, are essential. A good working knowledge of Microsoft packages is also important. Experience of working in the HE academic administration would be an advantage especially experience in the education subject discipline.
Please contact Greg Harris, g.harris@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.
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 20815 [PDF 111.53KB]
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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.
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