CDT Centre Administrator

Research Services - Doctoral College

Salary will be £27,644 on Grade D, per annum pro rata subject to knowledge, skills and experience.

This new part-time (0.6FTE) post is available immediately on a fixed-term basis until the end of March 2026.

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

There may be some flexibility permitted in regard to start and finish times.

The University of Exeter runs the College for Doctoral Training in Environmental Intelligence: Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Futures.  Environmental Intelligence represents the use of Data Science & AI to create transformational science and tools to enable informed decision making across a range of sectors related to the environment, including climate, water, energy, finance and insurance, infrastructure and health.  The rapidly growing availability of data from multiple, inter-related sources, provides the opportunity for a step-change in our ability to find solutions to important challenges related to our interaction with the natural environment.  The CDT offers an inter-disciplinary training environment for over 50 PhD students, over 6 cohorts.  Students are equipped with the skills to become leaders in Environmental Intelligence, and with career prospects across academia and the public and private sectors.

We are looking for a Centre Administrator to provide a customer focussed administrative and support service, to staff, student and external contacts. The post holder must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to effectively liaise with the Centre Directors, Centre Management Group, the group of CDT supervisors, the PhD students and the wider academic and professional services teams involved in delivery of the CDT.  The post holder must have excellent attention to detail and be able to plan, prioritise and work efficiently on a varied workload.  The position is central to the running of the CDT which is led by the Centre Manager and Center Director.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the 'apply' button.

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.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

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

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 campus’ 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 6 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 Cath Hale (c.m.hale@exeter.ac.uk)

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing Monday 31st March.

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