Administrator (Phase 1)

Hours: Full-time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE (36.5 hours)

Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Expected Interview Date: Estimated 12 December 2024. In-person interviews only.

Expected Start Date: 02 January 2025

About the role

Brighton and Sussex Medical School invites applications for the post of Administrator (Phase 1).

Primarily based on the University of Sussex campus, the postholder is part of a small, attentive and efficient School Office team providing the co-ordination and administration of teaching for Year 1 and 2 medical students. 

About you

The postholder will be the first point of contact for the School Office team and will signpost or deal with enquiries as appropriate, supporting and supplementing the work of the Course Co-ordinators in the facilitation and administration of teaching programmes.

For this diverse and interesting role, and a chance to support medical students in the first stages of their ongoing careers, applicants should have a good standard of education and possess excellent IT, communication and organisational skills.

About our School

We are a diverse, collaborative research community with expertise in a wide variety of research areas, from laboratory research through to social science and clinical studies. Our close integration collaborations with local NHS organizations allows our researchers to work directly with the local population, improving their health while developing research work that can be applied nationally and globally. 

Here, at our School, our medical research has and continues to develop a strong reputation for making a real impact locally, nationally and internationally. Ultimately, our research aims to:

• improve medical diagnosis and treatment 
• answer fundamental biomedical and clinical questions
• deliver more personalised healthcare to patients

We are passionate about training and supporting our researchers at all levels, to deliver research that is relevant to our stakeholders, accelerate its recognition and foster adoption of our findings to catalyse new research impact.

Please find further information regarding the School at Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Brighton and Sussex Medical School is proud to hold a Gold Athena Swann Award.

Why work here

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.  

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it’s our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that. 

Further Key Information

Please contact Megan Pretlove (m.pretlove@bsms.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex. 

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

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