School/Department Education Services
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 24 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Permanent
Salary Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £22,204 per annum pro rata (24 hours per week)
Apply by 26/09/2022

Role Description 

About the Role

In this role you will ensure that all activities of Registry are completed in a timely manner, including providing relevant reports on activities to Senior Registry Administrators and Registry Managers on workloads and completion of tasks. You will respond to enquiries and provide guidance to staff and students on the Senate Regulations and Handbooks and/or referring more complex queries to Senior Registry Administrators to respond to. As part of this role, you will participate in major student events, including main registration events, archiving exercises and graduation.

About You

You will hold a GCSE in English, or equivalent, with demonstrable experience of working in an administrative office environment, using modern office equipment and experience of data entry are essential. 

You will be IT literate, including word, email, internet and database applications; an adaptable team member who on occasions is able to work on own initiative, unsupervised with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic. 

Previous experience of working with computer-based records systems and preferably SITS (Tribal Student Records System) and an understanding of higher education administration are desirable.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

Education Services provides a wide range of support to the University's Schools.  The department’s strategic objectives are to provide a professional and efficient service to the University's Schools in all of these areas.  This requires engagement at all levels within the Schools, and close liaison with other central service departments to provide a coherent student experience. 

Registry is comprised of two teams; Student Records and Exams.  This vacancy is for a Registry Administrator within the Student Records team. The daily work of this team is primarily working with the student records database (SITS): monitoring assignment submissions and exam attendance, entering marks and processing changes to registration. This daily work follows the annual Student Records team task of creating modules within the database and creating corresponding submission points on the virtual learning environment.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are also committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role.  Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Maeve Williamson, Senior Registry Administrator, (E): m.m.williamson@cranfield.ac.uk

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: hr@cranfield.ac.uk or T: +44 (0)1234 750111. Please quote reference number 4211