About the role

This is a varied and demanding role which provides direct support to doctoral students, supervisors, Directors of Studies and others involved in supporting doctoral provision.

Working alongside colleagues within the Doctoral College, you will provide a professional administrative support service for all doctoral students within the departments/programmes for which you are responsible, ensuring their progression through the various milestones associated with their doctoral journey. You will be the main point of contact for these students, and their supervisors, and will help them with their induction, managing their progression, dealing with changes of circumstance, submitting for examination and anything else that they might need help with.  

This role is available on a fixed-term basis to support the Programmes team during the implementation of a new set of doctoral milestones. 

About you

You will be responsible for administering a range of academic administrative processes associated with doctoral provision liaising as appropriate with Directors of Study, colleagues in the Doctoral College, Academic Registry, Finance and other professional services.

You will need:

• excellent organisational skills
• a good use of initiative
• excellent attention to detail
• the ability to multi-task
• to be able to prioritise a high workload

Further information

This post is offered on a part-time basis (0.5 fte) for a fixed-term period of 12 months.

For an informal discussion please contact Simon Gane, Head of PhD Student Administration via email at sg205@bath.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can contact Ms Shyeni Paul, Director of Doctoral College Operations at sp3052@bath.ac.uk.  

What we can offer you

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

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Closing Date: 28 Apr 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £26,338 to £29,959 pro rata