Education Administrator (two posts)

The Department of Physics is committed to the development and delivery of excellent education and the support of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students. We have an exciting opportunity with two new positions of Education Administrators, which will have a pivotal role in our education mission.

Duties and responsibilities

Based in the Physics Education Office, the post holders will support the efficient administration of the UG teaching programme and the interfaces with the postgraduate taught programmes. The postholder will work directly with our students and our Undergraduate Education Manager, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Tutor and the UG and PG administration and support staff.

You will

• Be the first point of contact for staff, students and other internal/external visitors and callers to the Education Office.
• Work proactively alongside the various academic staff members to ensure that course modules run efficiently.
• Work closely with the Admissions Tutor to provide support and assist with the undergraduate admissions process.
• Assist the Senior Education Administrator and Examinations Officer in support of the examinations process.
• Coordinate with key staff members to ensure that Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme and Year Abroad student placements are well managed.
• Support the collection of student elective and attendance data.

Essential requirements

You must be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria:

• Educated to ‘A’ Level standard (or equivalent)
• Administrative experience in a Higher Education environment
• Experience of working with student record databases
• Experience of supporting academic staff in the delivery of lectures, course assessments and administrative processes
• Working knowledge of a range of computer-based procedures and software packages, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook), student records systems, Blackboard or similar Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
• Ability to maintain website content and structure using the appropriate software
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

In addition, it would be desirable if you have:

• An awareness of the student life cycle and pressures within an academic/Higher Education environment

Further information

These are full time open ended positions.

Interviews will be held in person on 13th September 2023.

The Department of Physics is an IoP JUNO Practitioner and an Athena Silver SWAN Award winner reflecting our commitment to building a supportive, inclusive and highly motivated community.

Further details about the position and application process are available from Derryck Stewart, Undergraduate Education Manager (derryck.stewart@imperial.ac.uk).

Further information about

Department of Physics

Department’s EDI work

Documents

• JD - Education Administrator - NAT01487.pdf