Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

The Graduate College has strategic oversight for postgraduate research and postgraduate taught students at Canterbury Christ Church University. The key strategic objectives of the Graduate College are to promote excellence at postgraduate level, developing our offer to keep pace with demand for both academic and practice-based postgraduate courses and to provide an excellent postgraduate student experience.

Join the friendly and efficient Graduate College Team in a role that provides an opportunity to work with academic and professional services colleagues on a range of essential day-to-day tasks, as well as events and projects working to support postgraduate students at CCCU.

As Graduate College Administrator you will play a key role in delivering Graduate College activities and providing an excellent student experience to postgraduate students, as well as supporting Graduate College academic staff and the Dean of the Graduate College.

You will have excellent organisation skills and an eye for detail, with the ability to prioritise a varied workload and build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Experience of customer service or inbox management, organising meetings or events and excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as experience of Microsoft Office are essential requirements. Experience of higher education, diary management and minute taking would be advantageous, but full training will be provided.

How will you work?

Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that the majority of your working time will be spent on campus.

Supporting both students and staff, this role will be required on campus for 4 days each week with one day working from home after a period of induction. Due to the schedule of Graduate College training and events, the day working from home is likely to be required to be Tuesday or Thursday, and will be co-ordinated based on the schedule.

How to apply

Start date for applications: Wednesday 02 October 2024
Closing date for applications: Sunday 20 October 2024
Interviews are to be held: Monday 04 November 2024

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Rebecca Houlding, Graduate College Head of Operations, on 01227 922566 / Rebecca.houlding@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05035.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

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Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.