If you are an experienced administrator who is pro-active, self-motivated and can rise to a challenge this could be the role for you. The Graduate Studies Assistant is responsible for providing administrative support as part of the Student Administration team in the Department of Engineering Science. Working under the direction of the Graduate Studies Officer you will have a particular focus on graduate admissions and supporting graduate programmes.

Under the direction of the Graduate Studies Officer, you will take responsibility for graduate administration for a specific sub-set of the department. In addition to this you will act as first point of contact for queries, and provide support with student communications, using different academic-related computer systems.

The role will involve you working on your own initiative as well as part of a team. You should have experience of administrative processes and a customer-focused attitude. You will need strong communication and interpersonal skills as well as good attention to detail and the ability to deal with a busy workload with minimum supervision. Good IT skills (with the ability to learn new systems) are essential, as is a “can do” attitude.

Informal inquiries may be addressed to Jo Valentine using the email address below.

You will be required to upload a covering letter explaining how you meet the essential criteria of the role, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

Only online applications received before 12.00 midday on Monday 29 April 2019 can be considered.