Job Description

Salary

Salary 26,707 to 28,031 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full-time

Region

Chichester West Sussex

Package

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job category/type

Professional Services

Date posted

27/10/2025

Job reference

RQ0000002069

Project Re-Align

Full-time 1.0fte

Fixed-term contract to July 2026

About this role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a strategic transformation initiative aimed at enhancing institutional efficiency, developing a sustainable operating and financial model, and reviewing academic and professional service portfolios.

The key focus of this role is to provide high-quality administrative and governance support to the programme, ensuring meetings, documentation and communications are well-coordinated and professionally delivered. The postholder will play a vital role in ensuring the project runs smoothly, efficiently, and in alignment with the University priorities.

About you

The post holder will have a good standard of education with a high level of literacy and numeracy and knowledge of administrative systems. You will demonstrate outstanding accuracy and attention to detail and will have experience of working in a busy environment, working to tight deadlines. Your communication skills will be second to none and you will be a team player.

About the team

You'll be joining a highly professional, committed and student focused community and will work within a small, friendly and flexible team, who are keen to contribute to our student experience while enjoying a good work life balance.

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.


Enquiries are welcomed by Chris Meredith, Project Manager via email at c.meredith@chi.ac.uk

Closing Date: 9 November 2025

Interview Date: 18 November 2025

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This role is unlikely to meet the minimum standard required for skilled worker visa sponsorship. Rules around salary requirement are complex and we appreciate there may be many other routes for consideration. Information and guidance regarding visas and Right to Work evidence is available from the Government website https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

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