Administrator (Doctoral Programmes)

The Doctoral College provides support to all prospective and current doctoral students to enable them to join and thrive in our research community, and we wish to appoint an Administrator to the team looking after current students. About the role This is a varied and demanding role which provides direct support to doctoral students, supervisors, Directors of Studies and others involved in supporting doctoral provision. Working alongside colleagues within the Doctoral College, you will provide a professional administrative support service for all doctoral students within the departments/programmes for which you are responsible, ensuring their progression through the various milestones associated with their doctoral journey. You will be the main point of contact for these students, and their supervisors, and will help them with their induction, managing their progression, dealing with changes of circumstance, submitting for examination and anything else that they might need help with. You will be responsible for administering all academic administrative processes associated with doctoral provision liaising as appropriate with Directors of Study, colleagues in the Doctoral College, Academic Registry, Finance and other professional services.

• Excellent organisational skills
• Demonstrate a good use of initiative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Have the ability to multi-task
• Be able to prioritise a high workload, Disability Confident
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