Accreditations Administrative Officer

FES Professional Services

Location:  Greenwich and Medway Campuses
Salary:  £28,762 to £34,308
Contract Type:  Permanent
Release Date:  Thursday 18 May 2023
Closing Date:  Thursday 01 June 2023
Interview Date:  To be confirmed
Reference:  3614-R

The Faculty of Engineering & Science is one of four faculties at the University of Greenwich, split across two campuses – the Medway Campus in Chatham Maritime, Kent, and the Greenwich Campus in Greenwich, London. Dedicated to inspirational learning, combining teaching with work placements and impactful research and is a complete hub for all STEM subjects within the University. 

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive individual to this exciting new role within our Faculty.  If you have proven administrative experience in a large organisation, ideally within higher education and possess strong communication skills, with the ability to quickly build positive working relationships with our administrative and academic colleagues, we encourage you to apply for this post.  

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational skills and experience in project management as you will be responsible for managing the administrative tasks relating to accreditation/validation events in the Faculty.  You will work with academic staff in preparing submission data and documents, as well as supporting the events.

You will also be responsible for arranging and servicing Industrial Board meetings within the Faculty so should possess current experience in minute-taking in a range of committees and meetings.

Also of key importance is the need for excellent IT skills, with experience of Microsoft Office (particularly Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint). 

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be based at Greenwich campus (which will include London weighting), or our Medway campus, however you will be expected to work across both campuses.  The post reports to our Faculty Standards and Support Manager.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Faculty Standards and Support Manager – Bettina Hirmer (B.Hirmer@greenwich.ac.uk)

Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on hrsr-fes@greenwich.ac.uk

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Further details: Job Description & Person Specification    

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.