About us: The Graduate School is part of the Research, Business and Innovation Professional Services team and supports postgraduate researchers (PhD, DPhil, MPhil, Prof Doc) and their supervisors.
About you: As a Graduate School Administrator you will provide administration support for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and their supervisors and ensure continuous improvement of processes for a professional service and its customers. The main tasks will involve supporting PGR recruitment, processing postgraduate research applications, working closely with academic supervisors to organise PGR interviews, updating relevant databases, attending Faculty Research Degrees Committees, tracking individual postgraduate researcher milestone deadlines and sending timely reminders; replying to queries received via telephone, email and in-person.
You will be someone with a positive and proactive attitude who is friendly and approachable, who works well with team members and is customer focussed. You will have good IT skills, including good experience of using MS Access and manipulating data to produce basic reports.
For further information about the Graduate School and postgraduate research study at UWE, Bristol, please see the Graduate School webpage
UWE Bristol is an ambitious university. Together, our people are working hard to advance knowledge, inspire people and transform futures. We are looking for people with the skills and ambition to help us achieve those aims.
We are a well-established university, with over 30,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 3,600 staff. UWE Bristol is one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West. We are globally connected and regionally embedded, with strong employer and partner connections. Students come to study with us from all over the UK, as well as from 140 different countries, making this a diverse and interesting place to study. We achieved 89% overall student satisfaction in the most recent National Student Satisfaction survey, this excellent result puts us as the top university in the South West and in 7th place nationally. In 2018 we were also placed in the Guardian’s Top 40 Universities in the UK and achieved TEF Gold status.
Bristol itself is a hub of social and cultural activity and is a big pull for students and employers alike. A place with a strong, creative and fiercely independent mindset. A city with a buzzing music scene, great restaurants and interesting business ventures. It’s not surprising Bristol is consistently named as one of the best places to live and work in the UK.
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed – £300m has been invested recently on new state-of-the-art learning spaces and accommodation while we continue to develop incredible new facilities to enhance our offer even further.
Frenchay campus has excellent transport links; as well as being located near the motorway network we are within walking distance of two train stations, our bus terminus connects us to the local bus and metrobus network and we also have a range of cycling and changing facilities.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 32,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,000 staff from across the globe. We are both globally connected and regionally embedded, with a strong network of employer and partner connections.
We have a lot to be proud of at UWE, our achievements include scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we have TEF Gold status and are ranked 21st in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2021 and 29th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.
We are an ambitious and values led university. We're focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise and we are looking for people who share our core values to help us achieve those aims.
With inclusivity as a core value, UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We support and celebrate the diversity of our staff and students as a key driver for innovation and success, promoting pathways and achievements to inspire and generate confidence and ambition.
In addition to progressive pay rates, UWE Bristol offers a wide range of staff benefits including:
More InformationIf you would like an informal discussion, please contact Marisa Downham on 0117 328 1509 or email: Marisa.Downham@uwe.ac.uk
This is a full time/ permanent role working 37 hours per week.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
UWE is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity to create an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who share our ambition to be a university recognised for the success and impact of our practice-oriented programmes; our strong industry networks and our inclusive global outlook.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.