Job Description

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom



JOB INFO


Job Identification
617
Job Category
Administration and Operations
Posting Date
06/12/2025, 04:29 AM
Apply Before
06/22/2025, 05:59 PM
Job Schedule
Full time
Job Shift
Standard
Locations
Arts, Design and Media - Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Job Title:

Grow Your Own Principal's Office Administrator

Salary:

28,995 per annum (with progression to 31,225)

Grade:

C

Type:

Permanent, Full-time

Interview Date :

10 July 2025

Location:

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC), Birmingham City University

Eligibility:

This vacancy is open to 2024 graduates from the academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25. To be eligible, you must have completed--or be due to complete--your course between 1 August 2023 and 31 July 2025 and must no longer be studying.

As you are applying for a role as part of the Grow Your Own Graduate Programme, you will need to contact a member of the Careers+ team to receive support with the application process to ensure the best chance of success. You will also receive communications around future Grow Your Own opportunities and support sessions. Alternatively, please email

careers@bcu.ac.uk

for more information and to arrange a consultation.

About the Role

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) is seeking to appoint a dedicated and detail-oriented Principal's Office Administrator to join our team on a permanent basis.



You will play a crucial role in supporting the Principal's Office with a wide range of administrative duties, working closely with the Principal, Vice Principals, and colleagues across RBC, Birmingham City University, and external organisations.



This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and proactive individual looking to build a career in administration within a vibrant, creative, and highly respected educational institution.

Key Responsibilities

Provide proactive administrative support on a day-to-day basis Maintain accurate records of Visiting Lecturers, including processing timesheets, creating payroll imports, tracking hours and expenses, and managing recruitment processes Monitor budgets across Music (including Junior Conservatoire) and Acting departments Support general administrative tasks such as raising purchase orders, arranging travel, and servicing meetings Respond professionally to queries from staff, students, and visitors Assist other team members and provide cover when required

Essential Requirements

Educated to degree level or possess equivalent experience Proven administrative, IT, and customer service experience in a complex environment Ability to work independently, use initiative, and propose effective solutions Highly organised with excellent attention to detail Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint Professional, confident, and courteous communication skills, suitable for working with senior staff, external partners, and students

Desirable Skills

Experience with budget monitoring, purchasing, and international travel arrangements Previous experience in an educational or creative environment, particularly within Music or the Performing Arts

About Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Part of Birmingham City University, RBC is one of the UK's leading conservatoires, offering world-class training for musicians, actors, and theatre professionals. Our Music division moved into a 57 million purpose-built facility on the City Centre Campus in 2017, with our Acting division located nearby.



RBC provides a dynamic and inclusive learning environment for around 1,300 students from around the globe, supported by a diverse team of internationally recognised teaching staff. We offer a full range of junior, foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes, underpinned by a commitment to excellence, creativity, and innovation.

Birmingham City University is deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity at all levels in the organisation, and to addressing underrepresentation in our workforce to ensure we are truly representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds and communities for this role, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic applicants.

The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.

How to Apply

To view the full and apply, please click the link below:

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

ABOUT US


At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.



Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.