Faculty Timetabling Officer

University of Greenwich - Greenwich Business School Professional Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Greenwich Business School Timetabling team as we work to deliver the university’s ambitious strategy to be the best modern university by 2030.

The University of Greenwich is home to a truly global community of staff and students. Our philosophy of Education without Boundariesmeans that we are committed to supporting to deliver the highest levels of student success, enterprise, and employment outcomes for students from all walks of life.

About the role:

The Greenwich Business School Timetabling Team are responsible for overseeing the delivery of student timetables and room allocations for all teaching and ensuring the optimisation of space utilisation and provision of a high-quality service to staff and students.

The Faculty Timetabling Officer will play a key role in delivering a comprehensive academic timetabling service, providing essential support to both students and academic staff.

The postholder will work closely with the Faculty Senior Timetabling Officer to ensure that faculty requirements are met through the effective optimisation of the teaching schedule. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, well organised, and detail-oriented, with strong IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Excel.

You will be responsible for managing your own workload, ensuring that all key deadlines are achieved. The role requires excellent communication and proven problem-solving skills, alongside a clear commitment to delivering a high standard of service to all stakeholders.

Experience of undertaking large scale data gathering and information retrieval with the ability to balance competing demands and manage customer expectations. Good attention to detail even when working under pressure and to deadlines. Proven knowledge of a timetabling software package (e.g. Enterprise course planner or relevant to this)

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to work in a fast-paced administration team, and who wish to utilise their analytical and negotiation skills to provide a first-class timetabling service to staff and students.

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

We are a diverse and inclusive team of dedicated professionals who are committed and passionate about what we do. We are seeking a dedicated and passionate professional with a shared commitment to our values of inclusivity, collaboration and impact. If you think this describes you and you want to make a difference, please apply.

For informal queries please contact Sharlene Yardley, Faculty Education Manager at S.Yardley@greenwich.ac.uk

Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Operations team on peopleoperationsadmin@gre.ac.uk

The university is a brilliant place to work. We aim to become the top modern university in the UK by 2030 and our people are truly at the heart of what we want to achieve. We offer a great set of benefits including an excellent pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working options including hybrid working and a genuine commitment to development.

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.