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Job Title: Operations Administrator & PA
Reference: 537
Department: Education - Operations
Contract Type:Indefinite
Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
Start Date: No earlier than 18 November 2026
Full time Salary Range: £27,241 - £30,986 per annum
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced Operations Administrator and PA to provide comprehensive administrative support across the Education Operations Directorate. The role sits within the Directorate Office and provides PA support to senior leaders, manages resources required by colleagues in the Directorate, supports recruitment of staff and HR processes, carries out finance administration, as well as supports the work of committees and review groups.
The role will have an initial focus on people administration within the Directorate and, working with Success Factors, support the recruitment lifecycle from approval to appoint through to onboarding new starters.
Whether you're an internal colleague looking for your next career move or an external candidate seeking a rewarding challenge, this role offers an excellent opportunity to broaden your experience and make a difference.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here) .
About You
The successful candidate will have proven experience working in a busy office environment, ideally within Higer Education. They will have excellent organisational and time‑management skills, and will be adept at prioritising a demanding workload, acting quickly and accurately to meet tight deadlines.
We’re looking for someone who is proactive, flexible, enjoys variety to their day and working with others.
You’ll bring:
- Experience supporting managers, leaders or busy teams.
- Experience of recruitment and processing staffing changes.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Strong communication and relationship-building abilities.
- Confidence managing competing priorities and working independently.
- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential information.
About the Department
The Education Operations Directorate leads academic and student administration across the University and through the student lifecycle from enrolment to graduation. This spans service delivery, policy development, quality assurance,governanceand supporting resolution when issues arise. Teams in the Education Operations Directorate act as centres of excellence and undertake specialist delivery, often in close collaboration with the teams in faculties and academic departments whooperatewithin the policy and service delivery frameworks that weestablish.
The Directorate Office provides the administrative and practical infrastructure that enables Education Operations to function effectively, working with an extended Directorate Operations team through protected portfolio administration assignments. The team provides executive support, people and finance administration, office arrangements and team culture and connection.
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .
Right to Work in the UK
We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.
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