Student Administration Officer (Exams & Awards)
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Lancashire |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0222-26 |
Summary
When you work for the University of Lancashire, you’ll be part of a thriving community of talent that’s united in a common commitment to transform lives. We do this by delivering an outstanding educational experience and creating prosperity and opportunity in the communities we serve. Whatever your role, you’ll be playing a vital part in helping us achieve our vision.
About the role:
Student Administration manage the University’s student records system and related processes, which underpin the student journey from application to graduation, and provide advice to colleagues across the University on student lifecycle processes and the systems that support them.
This role provides essential administrative support across Academic Registry functions, with a particular focus on managing examinations, producing certificates, issuing transcripts, and supporting the delivery of Graduation Ceremonies. You will work within a dedicated team but collaborate flexibly across the wider Registry team to ensure the smooth coordination of processes throughout the student lifecycle.
The post involves maintaining accurate student and course records, applying academic regulations consistently, and ensuring high‑quality data to underpin decision‑making and key University events. You will also contribute to broader Student Administration activities, deliver excellent customer service to students and staff, and build strong working relationships with academic and professional services colleagues.
About you:
The successful candidate will have experience of current administrative practices and processes in a busy office environment, including an awareness of confidentiality, GDPR and matters of IT security. You will also have strong planning and organisational abilities to meet conflicting deadlines and the ability to prioritise your own workload and work consistently with attention to detail.
You will need a range of GCSEs, including English Language and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent experiential learning.
Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience and the written elements of your application should accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role:
Student Administration manage the University’s student records system and related processes, which underpin the student journey from application to graduation, and provide advice to colleagues across the University on student lifecycle processes and the systems that support them.
This role provides essential administrative support across Academic Registry functions, with a particular focus on managing examinations, producing certificates, issuing transcripts, and supporting the delivery of Graduation Ceremonies. You will work within a dedicated team but collaborate flexibly across the wider Registry team to ensure the smooth coordination of processes throughout the student lifecycle.
The post involves maintaining accurate student and course records, applying academic regulations consistently, and ensuring high‑quality data to underpin decision‑making and key University events. You will also contribute to broader Student Administration activities, deliver excellent customer service to students and staff, and build strong working relationships with academic and professional services colleagues.
About you:
The successful candidate will have experience of current administrative practices and processes in a busy office environment, including an awareness of confidentiality, GDPR and matters of IT security. You will also have strong planning and organisational abilities to meet conflicting deadlines and the ability to prioritise your own workload and work consistently with attention to detail.
You will need a range of GCSEs, including English Language and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent experiential learning.
Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience and the written elements of your application should accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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