Teaching and Learning Administrator

Job title:

Teaching and Learning Administrator

Company

University College London

Job description

About usThe is truly international in both its outlook and in its membership, with students and staff from over 40 countries. We have over 400 students on our undergraduate programmes, more than 180 Masters students across 10 programmes, and approximately 90 PhD candidates.Currently UCL Geography has almost 50 Academic and Teaching staff, approximately 20 postdoctoral researchers, and 24 professional services staff. The Department also hosts scholars from across the world visiting the Department to pursue their research. The variety of backgrounds, experience, ages and nationalities, as well as the vast array of resources and facilities at UCL and throughout London, ensures a rewarding, stimulating and varied student experience.The Department has a long and distinguished tradition of top-quality cross and interdisciplinary research with social scientists, climate modellers, data scientists, urbanists, environmental scientists and geoscientists all working on a huge variety of projects across the domains of Environment, Resources, Heritage, Social Science.The Department offers a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of geography. Further details of the programmes can be found at .About the roleThe Department has a vacancy for a Teaching & Learning Administrator to work in collaboration with Department Tutors, Programme Convenors, Teaching & Learning Managers and Department Manager in delivering a high quality administrative and student experience service to UG students specifically.Although support to UG programmes and students is key to the role, it is not exclusively focused on these and the post holder will be expected to work as a member of the Department’s professional services team to support the Department’s full range of teaching and events throughout the year.The role will involve contact and communication with students and the general public. You will be the first point of contact for students in person and by email; will maintain student records, set up and monitor student attendance records and learning agreements, service staff-student consultative committees and Examination Boards, and more.This is a full time, permanent position, available to start mid-January 2025. A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit for more information.Further details of the department are at Informal enquiries about the position may be made to Lyn Hollyman: [email protected].If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact Claire Betts: [email protected] The advert will close on Sunday 19th January at 23:59 GMT. Interviews are provisionally scheduled for the last week of January (tbc).About youYou will have experience of providing a support service to students or to customers, in an environment where you responded proactively and appropriately to the needs of others. Experience of administration within a Higher Education Institution or in a similar role in education working with advanced learners is desirable, but not essential.You must have a proactive approach and will be able to work independently as well as part of a team within a relaxed and friendly environment. You should be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills alongside the ability to communicate well and handle a wide range of enquiries. The successful candidate must have strong IT skills and be able to work with a high degree of accuracy.A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and the ability to work harmoniously with colleagues and students from all backgrounds and cultures is also key.Please see the job description and person specification available at the bottom of this page for more information.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.The Department of Geography has an active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and networks for BME, LGBTQ, and disabled/neurodiverse staff and students. The Department recognises the importance of family-friendly working, and we try, as far as possible, to organise meetings and events with staff responsibilities as parents and carers in mind. The Department currently holds an Athena Swan Silver award and is working towards a Gold award. Above all the Department aims to be a supportive environment for both its staff and students. More information can be found here:Available documents

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Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:48:45 GMT

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