Administrator (PGR Support)

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

This part-time post (0.8 FTE) is available immediately on a permanent basis.

Summary of the role
The University of Exeter Doctoral College was established to support the University’s vision to become a sector leading provider of Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) supervision and support and early career researcher (ECR) training and opportunities. By supporting the recruitment and development of world-class PGRs and ECRs, the Doctoral College will drive a step change in the Exeter experience and the research excellence to which such researchers contribute.

We bring together institution-wide support, training, and administration for all of our postgraduate and early career researchers, working across all three Academic Faculties within the University as well as key Professional Services, to ensure that postgraduate and early career researchers have an outstanding start to their research careers.

The PGR Support team are accountable for the full PGR administrative lifecycle. In this role you will be part of a high quality, customer-focused service and be responsible for the administration of a portfolio of disciplines. This will support the planned growth in PGR numbers through the delivery of effective studentship administration.

The successful candidates will have knowledge and experience of HE administrative systems, ideally in a PGR-facing position, databases and processes, excellent attention to detail, the ability to communicate effectively with precision and accuracy and a proven ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information
Please contact Rosie Logiudice (PGR Support Officer) R.Logiudice@exeter.ac.uk.

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