Faculty Administrator

University of Buckingham - Faculty of Business, Humanities & Social Sciences

Location: Buckingham Salary: £29,650 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed On: 24th March 2026 Closes: 13th April 2026 Job Ref: 266 HOURS: 35 hours per week to include ad hoc evenings (Mon-Fri)

The Corporate and Professional Services departments are the cornerstone of the University. They each provide essential and valuable support to both each other and the Academic departments, helping the University to function in the most efficient and productive way, ensuring that the students’ experience is second to none.

Due to the increase in students in the research and apprenticeships area, the Faculty of Business, Humanities & Social Sciences is looking to recruit a fulltime Faculty Administrator to join a busy team based on our Hunter Street campus. Due to the need to initiate workloads very quickly, the successful candidate should have a strong understanding of HE and/or FE settings, ideally currently or recently employed within the sector.

Duties will include:

• To deliver administrative processes across the Faculty as determined by the Faculty Registrar.
• To deliver front-line administrative services within their allocated domain or cohort, including day-to-day academic and student enquiries and preparation and sending of communications to stakeholders.
• To support the Faculty’s senior administrative staff to maintain the necessary resources for the delivery of the curriculum and to liaise with academic staff as necessary to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of the curriculum.
• To provide support - face-to-face and online to students across the faculty.
• To liaise with staff in the University’s Student Services Teams to ensure students are correctly signposted to University services.
• To liaise with staff in the University’s Student Administration Team to ensure accurate student records are maintained.

The post also demands knowledge of MS Office 365, strong customer service and communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, analytical and problem solving capability, understanding of University structures and systems as well as Apprenticeships, and wider sector/external awareness together with an ability to contribute to service and policy development.

Knowledge of eVision/SITS would be advantageous although full training will be given.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, but we are invested in our people and their development, so we encourage you to apply if you believe you have the majority of the skills and experience required and are keen to develop further!

What can we offer you?

We might be small, but we can still offer plenty of perks! In addition to an Aviva Pension scheme, we offer:

• Beautiful working environments across our campuses in Buckingham and Crewe, with plenty of space
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site gym and exercise classes
• On-site catering facilities
• University bookshop with staff discount (Buckingham)
• Free on-site parking
• Excellent opportunities to network and continue learning across a variety of departments
• Discount of courses for staff and their families

The closing date for applications is Monday 13th April 2026 and it is anticipated that interviews will be held on the week commencing 20th April 2026.

Please note: if successful, any offer is subject to standard checks, including qualifications, eligibility to work in the UK on a permanent basis and DBS (if applicable)

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