Administrative Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,257 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Devon |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Exeter |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Q08511 |
Summary
Education and Academic Services (EAS)
Faculty Operations
This permanent, full-time post is available immediately.
This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – minimum 3 days on our St. Luke’s campus and maximum 2 days from home.
Summary of the role
The post will be homed within the Faculty Operations team, facing the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Faculty Operations is part of the Division of EAS. EAS brings together all the key administration and educational support to create the conditions for student and academic success.
You will provide high-quality administrative support to academic leaders within the Department of Health and Community Sciences. You will be responsible for delivering professional services efficiently and effectively, ensuring that departmental operations run smoothly and align with strategic priorities.
This is a dynamic and varied role at the frontline of business support. It requires excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a wide range of queries from internal and external stakeholders in a professional, customer-focused manner.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
39 days leave per year
options for flexible working
onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26wks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6wks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Further information
For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Rose Cohen, Department Manager, r.cohen3@exeter.ac.uk
Faculty Operations
This permanent, full-time post is available immediately.
This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – minimum 3 days on our St. Luke’s campus and maximum 2 days from home.
Summary of the role
The post will be homed within the Faculty Operations team, facing the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Faculty Operations is part of the Division of EAS. EAS brings together all the key administration and educational support to create the conditions for student and academic success.
You will provide high-quality administrative support to academic leaders within the Department of Health and Community Sciences. You will be responsible for delivering professional services efficiently and effectively, ensuring that departmental operations run smoothly and align with strategic priorities.
This is a dynamic and varied role at the frontline of business support. It requires excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a wide range of queries from internal and external stakeholders in a professional, customer-focused manner.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
39 days leave per year
options for flexible working
onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26wks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6wks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Further information
For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Rose Cohen, Department Manager, r.cohen3@exeter.ac.uk
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.