Job Description

Salary

Salary; 26,707 - 28,031 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full-time

Package

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job category/type

Professional Services

Date posted

26/09/2025

Job reference

RQ0000002056

Faculty of Performing Arts, Creative and Cultural Industries

School of Performing Arts and Conservatoire

Full time Administrator

Office Hours are Monday to Friday, ideally starting around 8.30 am

We are currently seeking an experienced administrator working at our Chichester campus. The key focus of this role is to support a range of Undergraduate/Postgraduate Programmes. You will provide efficient, effective and professional administrative support to students, staff, and other stakeholders, working collaboratively to enhance administrative processes and the student and staff experience. The post holder will work as part of a team sharing and managing a wide range of administrative systems, tasks and liaising with external creative teams to support our many productions.

You will need a good general education to A level or equivalent, with a high standard of literacy, numeracy, IT, attention to detail and good interpersonal and communication skills and respect confidentiality. This role is busy with tight deadlines; you'll have to manage and prioritise workload and build relationships. It's important you're approachable, adaptable and conscientious with a strong student focus. Previous administrative experience is essential, ideally within a similar environment using shared inboxes and workloads.

You will be joining a highly professional, committed and student focused academic community and work within a friendly and flexible administrative team, who are keen to contribute to our student experience.

In addition to your salary we offer a competitive reward package with a range of staff benefits and discounts which include:

Defined Benefit pension scheme via our provider the Local Government Pension Scheme. Your own monthly contributions are enhanced with employer contributions and a substantial automatic lump sum life cover scheme enhancement. A paid closure period over the Christmas break is in addition to our generous holiday allowance with bank holidays too and an occupational sickness scheme. There's also an on-site gym at our Chichester campus; a cycle purchase salary sacrifice scheme; subsidised bus travel between our Bognor and Chichester campuses and Chichester town centre; 24/7 Employee Assistance programme to support our staff and extensive personal / professional training opportunities throughout the year.


Informal enquiries for this role are welcomed by Alison Woodward, Head of School via email at A.Woodward@chi.ac.uk

Closing Date: Sunday 12 October 2025

Interview Date

Wednesday 22 or Thursday 23 October 2025

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If you require any support with completing your application please contact the recruitment team; staffrecruitment@chi.ac.uk We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion at every level because we believe a diverse workforce benefits us all.