Academic Services Supervisor, Essex Business School

Department

Essex Business School (EBS) are champions of responsible management and sustainable business. We use creativity and innovation to drive organisations forward and make them better places to do business. EBS is the largest academic department at the University of Essex and is located at both the Colchester and Southend campuses. This role provides an excellent opportunity for you to work in a diverse and interesting environment at a time of exciting change for the School.

Duties of the Role

The Academic Services Supervisor is responsible for providing high quality professional support services to programme directors and other academic staff at the Essex Business School Colchester Campus, and will be expected to work in accordance with the School’s principles, values and behaviours.

As a key member of this team, the Academic Services Supervisor acts as the lead administrator for student assessment and Exam Boards for postgraduate taught and research programmes, including management of the assessment and quality assurance processes. You will also develop extensive professional knowledge and experience of the University’s assessment related policies and procedures, acting as the School’s key professional contact for assessment matters and providing input into strategic and collaborative decisions which will shape the future development of the School’s assessment processes.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job pack.

Qualifications and Skills required

We would like an individual who is proactive, with exceptional organisational and problem-solving skills to join our team.

You will be an excellent communicator and will thrive on working in a busy environment and will have the ability to develop strong working relationships with both academic and professional services colleagues. You will have proven, extensive administrative experience in a challenging and complex role along with excellent IT skills, with experience of accurate data entry coupled with a familiarity with student record databases or equivalent.

At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.

To support this commitment we have our Global Forum , a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives. For more information see: https://www.essex.ac.uk/life/student-facilities/religion-and-faith

Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification, which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application.  Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please email the Resourcing Team ([email protected] ).

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