Learning and Teaching Administrator

Applications are invited for a full time Learning and Teaching Administrator in the Department of Anthropology.

The successful candidate will be part of a small, friendly team of professional services staff based in the department on the Lower Mountjoy Site. Hybrid working opportunities are currently in place with a possibility of working up to 50% of the week (Monday to Friday) from home. The Learning and Teaching Administrator will be responsible for assisting the Learning and Teaching Manager in administering day to day programme delivery, encompassing all areas of the taught student lifecycle from the point of enrolment to graduation.

Durham Anthropology is one of the very best in the UK with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our students being 28^th in the QS World Rankings, 5^th in the Complete University Guide, and one of the UK’s top five anthropology departments for graduate prospects. The Department of Anthropology has a vibrant research culture with many visitors, seminars, global conferences and workshops, and is set to grow significantly over the next ten years. Our undergraduate and graduate degree programmes have very high-quality students. Each year, we welcome over 100 undergraduate students onto our single honours programmes and ~30 students onto our joint honours degrees with the Department of Archaeology, Department of Sociology and Departmen t of Psychology. Our postgraduate taught degrees attract ~50 students from around the world each year, and we have a postgraduate research student community of ~75, again with substantial international representation. We aim to provide a supportive and friendly environment with a strong sense of community. Currently there are more than 30 permanent members of academic staff, conducting world class excellent research in Evolutionary Anthropology, Social Anthropology and the Anthropology of Health.

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