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Education Administrator (Research)

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1109947


UCL


03/04/2026


1 Month


Full-time; 36.5 hours per wek


Not Applicable

Pay


£19.14


£3.58

Description

Role

Unitemps are recruiting for a Education Administrator (Research). This role is for an April 3rd start date and has a projected end date of May 3rd 2026. This is a full-time role at 36.5 hours per week. Payment is set at £19.14 per hour + £3.58 holiday pay. This role will be UCL hybrid working with 2 days from the office and the other days from home.
 
The Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences (SHS) represents areas of knowledge where humanities and social science meet. The interests and methods of the eight component departments (Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Geography, History, History of Art, Institute of the Americas, Political Science), together with the interdisciplinary centres offer excellent opportunities for innovative and collaborative research and education. Each of the departments carries outworld leading research in its own field, with three of our subject areas appearing in the top 10 in the QS World University Rankings.
 
The post-holder will be part of the Faculty Education Administration and Student Experience team who work together in a close network of teams that support all our students. They will also work as part of one or several programme teams incorporating close working with professional services and academic staff.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Provide specialist administration to designated postgraduate research (PGR) programmes, ensuring effective procedures are adopted and documented for dealing with all aspects of the administration.
  • Assist in achieving a high quality and timelyservice to current and prospective students and staff related to the designated PGR degree programmes and beyond.
  • Provide support for all matters relating to the teaching and learning activities of students, from enquiry to completion, including supporting committees and processes relating to assessment, student, and programme records.
  • Work closely with Departmental and Faculty PGR tutors to ensure their needs are met.

Skills and experience

Qualifications, experience, and knowledge
  • Minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above (including Mathematics and English Language) or equivalent, or having acquired relevant experience
  • Administrative work in a busy office environment 
  • Administration in higher/further education or a teaching and learning environment  
  • Experience of organising and servicing committees (desirable)

Skills and abilities

  • Good computer skills, including using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook,Teams, and the internet
  • Clear verbal and written communication skills (including accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation)
  • Have good interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise with a variety of people, including the ability to relate to staff and students in a teaching and learning context
  • Be able to prioritise and organise own workload, meet time-critical schedules 
  • Be able to collate and record information accurately using a variety of media 
  • Be able to work independently and as part of a team 
  • Demonstrate commitment to high quality service provision 
  • Commitment to and knowledge of advancing equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Familiarity with student records systems (e.g. Portico, SITS) and virtual learning environments (e.g. Moodle, Blackboard) (Desirable)

UCL Ways of Working for professional services

  • Personal Excellence; Having a positive and helpful approach to work.
  • Responding to colleague, student, and stakeholder needs with the intention to provide an excellent service. 
  • Working Together; Innovating and sharing with new ways to workefficiently.
  • Achieving our Mission; Working methodically, prioritising and managing tasks.

Location
UCL; Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office and the other days from hom

Additional information

This job will close for applications at 11.59pm on Thursday March 19th. Interviews will be held shortly after.

*Please note to be eligible to work within this role, you must have the right to work in the UK, be physically based in the UK and be able to travel to our London based office for a RTW check (if required).

*If you have a full-time contract of employment with UCL, you are not able to work through UCL Unitemps at the same time.

Unitemps reserves the right to close this advert for applications prior to the date specified above, if a high volume of suitable applications are received so pleased don't delay applying.

Unitemps payroll is monthly, one month in arrears, please see the payroll dates here.

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