About the Role
The post-holder will be the first point of contact for students and academics in support of postgraduate research and MRes (where applicable) studies within the assigned School(s). The post-holder will provide a high level of student customer service and advice and efficient, effective and professional support for all aspects of PGR programme administration including recruitment, enrolment, inductions, training and events, progression, award, scholarship and studentship administration.
About You
The successful candidates will have experience of administrating PGR student programmes, experience of advising students and strong interpersonal skills, IT skills and the ability to take initiative.
About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) combines research excellence with a strong commitment to growth, innovation, and diversity in our educational activities. Public engagement, partnerships, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the generation of research with broad and compelling public benefits are all central to the Faculty’s success. Queen Mary’s global reputation is supported by our distinctive excellence across the humanities and social sciences. Law, together with History, Drama and English regularly appear in subject rankings of the top 50 universities in the world. Geography, Linguistics, and Drama have each been ranked first in previous research excellence exercises. Our Centres and Institutes drive Queen Mary’s local, national and global reputation, including the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Mile End Institute. Our academic schools work together effectively, generating excellent research, teaching and learning opportunities across a broad disciplinary range. Altogether, there are over 12,000 students and around 500 academic staff across the Faculty located across two main campuses.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
£40,015 to £46,618 per annum
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