Programme Assistant

Overview

Are you passionate about providing good customer service and administrative support? Are you motivated to engage students dynamically and creatively? Are you looking for a job in a fast-paced environment that will challenge you, and bring you high levels of job satisfaction? If so, this role within the Professional Services team in Salford Business School at the University of Salford could be right for you.

Our Programme Assistant reports to and assists the Programme Administrator in ensuring that all activities and tasks underpinning processes are timely and appropriately implemented and managed in line with University processes. You’ll help with processes that support student registration, module enrolment, mark entry, assessment boards and graduation. You will also help provide a front facing service to all students in Salford Business School and manage student queries through email and telephony channels.

A bit about Salford Business School

Industry collaborations, knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs), research partnerships, international exchanges, student opportunities, outreach activities - these are just some of the ways we connect and work together.

As a Small Business Charter accredited School, we are proud to work in partnership with a wide range of regional businesses, from SMEs to multinationals, supporting growth and productivity in Greater Manchester and the wider region.

We are in the top 5 HESA ranking for SME engagement and the first university in the UK to gain a Social Enterprise Gold Mark.

Our on-campus business enterprises offer real-world experiences for our students, including, Launch@Salford, our on-site business incubation, and SILKS, our on-campus law clinic.

We deliver opportunities across business, law and accounting, where our students gain real-world knowledge and develop future-focused skills in a supportive and inclusive environment. Along the way, they learn to be curious, adaptable and confident, ready to meet the digital, ethical and sustainability challenges of the 21st century. 

What’s in it for you? – the benefits

• Competitive salary - and excellent pension scheme
• Generous annual leave – 32 days plus bank holidays plus the option to buy additional holiday days
• Flexible working - we support a culture of both flexible and agile working, to help you find the right balance
• Professional development - a comprehensive package of training and development opportunities to help you achieve your full potential
• Our community – there’s a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students’ lives

All of us are made of many identities and passions – we are proud parents and passionate performers; we’re innovative engineers and network reformers; we’re local, global and all different races, cultures, faiths and from many places. We have different genders, we’re proud to be LGBT, we’re younger and older and focus on ability, we’re agile, we’re balanced, we make sure we rest, we’re supported to work the way we’ll do our best. We’re academics, students and colleagues from near and afar, we’re a community of many things – it makes us who we are. #UoSEquality

Closing Date: 23/02/2025

At the University of Salford we are committed to an inclusive approach to promoting equality and diversity.

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