Learning and Teaching Administrator

The College

At Durham College we’re pleased with our individuals.  A globally excellent centre of instructional excellence, a collegiate group of extraordinary individuals, a singular and historic setting – Durham is a college like no different.

Throughout the College now we have an enormous number of roles and profession alternatives, which collectively make us a big and profitable group, which is a key hub of exercise inside our area and nationally.  Whether or not you might be on the very begin, center or finish of your profession, there’s a position for you. We consider everybody has their very own distinctive expertise to supply.

We might be thrilled for those who would contemplate becoming a member of our thriving College.  Additional details about the College will be discovered right here.  

The Position and the Division

A World Prime 100 division, the Division of Chemistry at Durham is without doubt one of the best possible within the UK, with an impressive repute for excellence in analysis, educating and employability of our college students. We’re an energetic and vibrant division, with a robust cohort of early profession teachers and future leaders. We maintain an Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising our dedication to gender equality. Our undergraduate programmes are ranked fifth in The Full College Information 2023.

The Studying and Educating Administrator is liable for the supply of an expert, environment friendly administrative service, taking accountability for operational points of programme supply. They are going to guarantee deadlines are met and repair supply requirements are maintained, working in accordance with College and Departmental insurance policies and procedures.

The Studying and Educating Administrator will work independently, taking everyday choices and utilizing their expertise to determine on applicable programs of motion and resolve issues. They are going to possess glorious organisational and time administration expertise, show initiative and adaptability, and display a dedication to customer support excellence.

Working at Durham  

A aggressive wage is just one a part of the various improbable advantages you’ll obtain for those who be part of the College: additionally, you will obtain entry to the next improbable advantages:

• 27 Days annual go away per yr along with 8 public holidays and 4 customary days per yr – a complete of 39 days per yr.  The College closes between Christmas and New Yr.
• Irrespective of the way you journey to work, now we have you lined.  We’ve got parking throughout campus, a cycle to work scheme which lets you purchase a motorbike and low cost with native bus and practice corporations.
• A lot of help for well being and wellbeing together with discounted membership for our cutting-edge sport and health club amenities and entry to a 24-7 Worker Help Programme.
• On website nursery is accessible and entry to vacation camps for kids aged 5-16 all year long.
• Household pleasant insurance policies, together with maternity and adoption go away, that are among the many most beneficiant within the greater schooling sector (and certain above and past many employers).
• There’s a real dedication to creating our colleagues professionally and personally.  There’s a complete vary of improvement programs, apprenticeships and entry to {qualifications} and routes to develop your profession within the College.  All employees have devoted annual time to focus on their private improvement alternatives.
• The chance to participate in employees volunteering actions to make a distinction in the area people.
• Reductions can be found through our advantages portal together with; cash off at supermarkets, excessive road retailers, IT merchandise comparable to Apple, the cinema and days out at varied sights.
• We provide beneficiant pension schemes. 

Durham College is dedicated to equality, range and inclusion.

Our collective intention is to create an open and inclusive atmosphere the place everybody can attain their full potential and we consider our employees ought to mirror the range of the worldwide group by which we work.  
As a College equality, range, and inclusion (EDI) are a key a part of the College’s Technique and a central a part of every little thing we do.  We additionally reside by our values and our Workers Code of Conduct.  At Durham we actively work in direction of offering an atmosphere the place our employees and college students can research, work and reside in a group which is supportive and inclusive. It’s necessary to us that every one of our colleagues are aligned to each our values and dedication to EDI.

We welcome and encourage functions from members of teams who’re under-represented in our work pressure together with individuals with disabilities, ladies and black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.  You probably have taken outing of your profession, and you are feeling it related, tell us about it in your utility.  In case you are a candidate with a incapacity, we’re dedicated to making sure honest therapy all through the recruitment course of. We’ll make changes to help the interview course of wherever it’s cheap to take action and, the place profitable, cheap changes will likely be made to help individuals inside their position. 
 

What you should display if you apply

To be thought-about for this position, listed here are the abilities/expertise we’re on the lookout for:
   
{Qualifications}/Expertise
1.    5 GCSE’s at the very least Grade C or stage 4 (or equal) together with English Language and Arithmetic or equal expertise.
2.    Expertise of working in a busy workplace atmosphere delivering entrance line administrative providers or having related {qualifications} for the position.
3.    Expertise of managing time to satisfy deadlines and dealing beneath strain with out compromising on high quality.

Abilities/Talents/Data
4.    Good spoken and written communication expertise.
5.    Good digital expertise together with expertise in utilizing digital units and apps together with [the internet, email, digital communication tools, Microsoft 365 applications, digital booking systems].
6.    Dedicated to persevering with skilled improvement.
7.    Skill to unravel issues and resolve easy points your self and as a part of a workforce.
8.    Skill to offer recommendation and steering to a variety of colleagues and clients.

Fascinating Standards

 9. Work flexibly exterior regular workplace hours throughout peak intervals, if required.

The best way to apply

To progress to the evaluation stage, candidates should proof every of the important standards required for the position within the particular person specification above.  The place there are fascinating standards we might additionally urge you to offer any related proof.  Please don’t overlook to examine if there’s any weighted standards (see above).

Whereas some standards will likely be thought-about on the shortlisting stage, different standards could also be thought-about later within the evaluation course of, comparable to questions at interview.  

Submitting your utility 

We choose to obtain functions on-line.  We’ll replace you about your utility at varied factors in the course of the course of, through automated emails from our e-recruitment system. Please examine your spam/junk folder periodically to make sure you obtain all emails 
 
What you might be required to submit:
•    A CV 
•    A overlaying letter which reveals examples of the way you meet all the standards inside the Particular person Specification  

Contact particulars 
If you want to have a chat or ask any questions in regards to the position, Nicola Bramfitt, Studying and Educating Supervisor, can be joyful to talk to you. [email protected] .

Typical Position Necessities

Listed here are the sort of actions that you just’ll be requested to undertake and methods by which you’ll be anticipated to function.

Service Supply

• Present a dedication to equality, range and inclusion and the College’s values.
• Present a wonderful and well timed service to our college students, your colleagues and anybody else you come throughout as a part of your position.
• Use your expertise and problem-solving expertise to resolve routine points with issues related to your position comparable to scholar queries and supply data and updates to assist your workforce discover options.
• Gather, organise and file information and knowledge precisely and supply studies as required.
• Promote optimistic wellbeing preparations which profit you and your workforce.
• When finishing up your position, use and apply related skilled and regulatory requirements [e.g. data protection] when managing information.
• Use normal office-based units and functions comparable to phrase, excel and energy level to ship providers.
• Replace steering on normal working procedures adopted by the workforce.
• Organize assembly/occasion venues and journey preparations for different workforce members.

Teamwork

• Resolve queries and reply to requests for data and recommendation and produce any advanced points to the eye of extra skilled workforce members.
• Assist your workforce organise and supply administrative providers that help key actions [for example] undertaken inside your service and contribute to workforce planning actions.
• Assist your workforce be certain that services and products are tailored in response to suggestions and to satisfy altering calls for.

Communication/Liaison

• Search suggestions from college students, employees and anybody else that you just come throughout as a part of your position on their necessities out of your service to make sure that their cheap expectations are being met.
• File data [e.g. bookings for activities/events] and reply to queries which you obtain.
• Liaise with employees in different areas, skilled organisations and companies to make sure that providers are being delivered in an environment friendly and collaborative manner.
• Liaise with exterior suppliers, contractors, specialists and repair suppliers to plan the supply of providers and occasions.
• Present help for conferences, working teams and committees, such making ready and sending paperwork for conferences, drafting studies and taking minutes.

•    Every other cheap duties.

  
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Please notice that in submitting your utility Durham College will likely be processing your information. We might ask you to think about the related College Privateness Assertion Privateness Notices – Durham College which supplies data on the collation, storing and use of knowledge. 

SECONDMENT
The publish is full time, mounted time period for a two yr interval and could also be provided on an inner secondment foundation topic to the settlement of the present line supervisor.

When appointing to this position the College should be certain that it meets any relevant immigration necessities, together with wage thresholds that are relevant to some visas.