Learning and Teaching Administrator

The College

At Durham College we’re happy with our folks.  A globally excellent centre of instructional excellence, a collegiate neighborhood of extraordinary folks, a novel 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 neighborhood, which is a key hub of exercise inside our area and nationally.  Whether or not you’re 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 if you happen to would take into account becoming a member of our thriving College.  Additional details about the College could be discovered right here  

The Position and the Division

The Division of English Research at Durham is likely one of the main English departments within the UK, with an impressive analysis tradition and glorious college students. It’s persistently ranked within the high 5 English departments in a spread of college guides and data glorious scores within the Nationwide Scholar Survey. In REF 2021, 90% of our analysis was judged to be ‘world main’ or ‘internationally glorious’. It has explicit clusters of experience within the following areas: world literatures and concept; twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature; medieval and early fashionable literature and tradition; artistic writing; medical humanities.

That is an thrilling alternative for an skilled administrator to hitch a dynamic, pleasant workforce.  The Studying and Educating Administrator is accountable for the availability of knowledgeable, environment friendly administrative service, supporting a variety of instructing, studying and evaluation actions from the purpose of scholar enrolment via to commencement. They’ll work independently, taking everyday choices and utilizing their expertise and initiative to resolve on applicable programs of motion and resolve issues. They’ll work flexibly to make sure the workforce features successfully in assembly priorities, working in accordance with College and Departmental insurance policies and procedures, demonstrating a dedication to customer support excellence.

A hybrid working mannequin is at present in operation and roughly 60% of time (3 days per week) will likely be labored on website and 40% of time (2 days per week) will likely be labored from house.  The Line Supervisor will talk about the availability of kit for house working and supply particulars of the rota prematurely.  The put up holder could also be required to amend days/hours of labor to supply cowl during times of absence or peak workload or to assist a committee which can meet on explicit days of the week.

Working at Durham  

A aggressive wage is just one a part of the numerous unbelievable advantages you’ll obtain if you happen to be part of the College: additionally, you will obtain entry to the next unbelievable advantages: 

·       27 Days annual depart per 12 months along with 8 public holidays and 4 customary days per 12 months – a complete of 39 days per 12 months.  The College closes between Christmas and New 12 months.

·       Regardless of the way you journey to work, now we have you coated.  We now have parking throughout campus, a cycle to work scheme which lets you purchase a motorbike and low cost with native bus and practice firms.

·       A lot of assist for well being and wellbeing together with discounted membership for our state-of-the-art sport and gymnasium services and entry to a 24-7 Worker Help Programme.

·       On website nursery is out there and entry to vacation camps for youngsters aged 5-16 all year long. 

·       Household pleasant insurance policies, together with maternity and adoption depart, that are among the many most beneficiant within the larger schooling sector (and sure 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 avenue retailers, IT merchandise reminiscent of Apple, the cinema and days out at varied points of interest. 

·       We provide beneficiant pension schemes. 

Durham College is dedicated to equality, variety and inclusion.
Our collective purpose is to create an open and inclusive surroundings the place everybody can attain their full potential and we consider our employees ought to replicate the range of the worldwide neighborhood wherein we work.  
As a College equality, variety, 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 Employees Code of Conduct.  At Durham we actively work in the direction of offering an surroundings the place our employees and college students can research, work and reside in a neighborhood which is supportive and inclusive. It’s vital to us that each 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 drive together with folks with disabilities, ladies and black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.  In case you have taken day out of your profession, and you’re feeling it related, tell us about it in your utility.  If you’re a candidate with a incapacity, we’re dedicated to making sure honest therapy all through the recruitment course of. We are going to make changes to assist the interview course of wherever it’s affordable to take action and, the place profitable, affordable changes will likely be made to assist folks inside their position. 

What you want to display if you apply

Whenever you apply it is crucial that you simply tell us what expertise/expertise you could have from an analogous position and/or what expertise/expertise you could have which might make you proper for this position.  Please present a desk in your overlaying letter detailing proof in opposition to every criterion to permit shortlisting to happen.  Additional details about the position and duties is on the finish of this job description.  The place a criterion has an asterisk* subsequent to it, it could be given extra weighting when your utility is taken into account.  

To be thought of for this position, listed here are the abilities/expertise we’re in search of:
   
{Qualifications}/Expertise

1.     5 GCSE’s a minimum of Grade C or degree 4 (or equal) together with English Language and Arithmetic or equal expertise.

2.     Expertise of working in a busy workplace surroundings delivering entrance line administrative companies or having related {qualifications} for the position*.

3.     Expertise of managing time to satisfy deadlines and dealing below strain with out compromising on high quality.

Abilities/Talents/Information

4.     Good spoken and written communication expertise.

5.     Good digital expertise together with expertise in utilizing digital gadgets and apps together with the web, e-mail, digital communication instruments, Microsoft 365 functions, databases.

6.     Dedicated to persevering with skilled improvement.

7.     Capability to resolve issues and resolve simple points your self and as a part of a workforce.

8.     Capability to supply recommendation and steering to a spread of colleagues and clients.

Fascinating Standards

9.     Expertise of offering administrative assist to formal committees, together with taking minutes.

10.  Submit-16 qualification or equal expertise.

11.  Expertise of working in Increased Schooling. 

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 individual specification above.  The place there are fascinating standards we’d additionally urge you to supply any related proof.  Please don’t overlook to verify if there may be any weighted standards (see above).  Please embrace a desk in your overlaying letter detailing proof to indicate the way you meet every of the standards.

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

Submitting your utility 

We favor to obtain functions on-line.  We are going to replace you about your utility at varied factors in the course of the course of, through automated emails from our e-recruitment system. Please verify your spam/junk folder periodically to make sure you obtain all emails 
 
What you’re required to submit:

1.     A CV and;

2.     A overlaying letter which exhibits examples of the way you meet every of the standards inside the Particular person Specification.  We ask that you simply embrace a desk itemizing the important and fascinating standards and examples in opposition to every.  

Contact particulars 
If you want to have a chat or ask any questions in regards to the position, Helen Ferguson can be joyful to talk to you and could be contacted through [email protected] . 

Typical Position Necessities

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

Service Supply 

·       Present a dedication to equality, variety and inclusion and the College’s values.

·       Present a superb and well timed service to our college students, employees and colleagues in different areas of the College.

·       Use your expertise and problem-solving expertise to resolve routine points with issues related to your position, such because the decision of scholar queries, and supply data and updates to assist your workforce discover options.

·       Gather, organise and document information and knowledge precisely and in a well timed style 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. information safety, when managing information.

·       Use customary office-based gadgets and functions reminiscent of Microsoft Phrase, Excel, Entry and Energy level to ship companies.

·       Replace steering on customary working procedures adopted by the workforce.

Teamwork

·       Resolve queries and reply to requests for data and recommendation and produce any complicated points to the eye of extra skilled workforce members.

·       Assist your workforce organise and supply administrative companies that assist key actions, for instance processing evaluation marks and making ready documentation for Board of Examiners’ conferences, undertaken inside your service and contribute to workforce planning actions.

·       Assist your workforce be sure 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 simply come throughout as a part of your position on their necessities out of your service to make sure that their affordable expectations are being met.

·       File data, e.g. module registration requests or data regarding curriculum improvement actions and reply to queries which you obtain.

·       Liaise with employees in different areas, skilled organisations and businesses to make sure that companies are being delivered in an environment friendly and collaborative manner.

·       Liaise with exterior suppliers, contractors, specialists and repair suppliers to plan the supply of companies and occasions.

·       Present assist for conferences, working teams and committees, such making ready and sending paperwork for conferences, drafting studies and taking minutes.

·       Every other affordable duties.

  
Helpful hyperlinks
If you want additional data, you might discover the next will assist:

Additional details about the Division could be discovered at: www.dur.ac.uk/departments/tutorial/english-studies/
 
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 offers data on the collation, storing and use of knowledge. 

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