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This is a full time/fixed term opportunity for 2 years based at GCU London and includes an additional London Weighting payment of £4,687 per annum

Interviews will take place on Friday 12 January 2024

Glasgow Caledonian – the largest and leading modern university - is a vibrant, values-led university with campuses in the heart of Glasgow and London. With a strong commitment to high quality education and research which supports the communities we serve, we have strong partnerships with employers to ensure our students get the careers they dream of and deserve.

In 2023 we rocketed into the top 40 universities in the UK in the highly regarded Guardian University Guide, were ranked the UK’s 2nd top performing modern university in the inaugural Daily Mail guide, and entered the top highly coveted 50 UK universities in the 2024 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for the first time.

With a wide range of professionally accredited courses and links with over 300 industry partners, we have the highest proportion of undergraduate level graduates in highly skilled occupations (83%) compared to other Scottish modern universities - with 91% of our students in employment or further study within fifteen months of graduating (HESA 2023). We are committed to widening participation, helping more people from diverse backgrounds into university. With campuses in Glasgow and London.

Our research is addressing many of today’s biggest global challenges. Our health research is surpassed only by King’s College London for outstanding impact, and 100% of our communications, culture and media research is rated as having an outstanding or very considerable impact (REF2021).

Guided by our values – integrity, responsibility, creativity and confidence - we transform the lives of the people and communities we serve.

Glasgow Caledonian University London

GCU London (Glasgow Caledonian University London), the University for the Common Good is a vibrant, values-led, multi-cultural, civic University with a global outlook and strong commitment to delivering social innovation and sustainable development in its education and research.

Glasgow Caledonian University London, is our London satellite campus in the heart of the vibrant and fashionable Spitalfields. Established thirteen years ago we have become a beacon of postgraduate education. Within the past few years we seen substantial growth in student numbers. and this post is in part to support that continued growth.

We deliver dynamic postgraduate programmes on a range of subject disciplines including Health, Finance, Computing, Environmental Management, Business and Fashion. We recruit students from a broad range of counties and our degree programmes are designed to ensure that students get the skills, tools and experience they need to make a difference in their chosen careers. We are also home to the industry-leading British School of Fashion, delivering fast-paced, business-focused programmes, which are led by industry insiders and researchers.

The role

We are looking for an Academic Administrator to primarily support our student placement activity. Working with both our Academic and Professional Service teams the successful candidate will undertake a range of administrative activities, ensure regular placement provider communication and student liaison. There is a need to work with our UK Visa and Compliance team to ensure regularity compliance and Professional Services teams to ensure an excellent student experience. In addition to this a number of other administrative roles the post holder will also provide support across the GCU London campus and assist in ensuring the effective and efficient administrative operation of teams in liaison with teams at our Glasgow campus. This supports the achievement of the University’s strategic objectives. Regular travel in and around London will be required as part of this role to undertake placement student and site visits.

You will be comfortable developing, coordinating and maintaining engaging relationships with a number of external companies and have excellent stakeholder management skills. You will be able to communicate effectively with diverse audiences from our student body. You will highly organised, be able to demonstrated problem solving and planning and organisational skills.

Please contact Charlotte Rutter by email: charlotte.rutter@gcu.ac.uk or Peter Jones, Director of GCU London with any questions or for an informal conversation about the role, by email: Peter.Jones@gcu.ac.uk; or call 07771396968.

As the University for the Common Good, we are committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as our values in everything that we do. As such, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates who demonstrate the GCU Values.

Glasgow Caledonian University is committed to a fair and transparent recruitment process that is free from bias so that we can attract and retain a high performing workforce which makes a critical contribution to our success.

The University holds the prestigious Athena SWAN Silver institution award, which recognises our significant record of activity and achievement in promoting gender equality across different disciplines.

As a Disability Confident 'Committed' employer, we are striving to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to disabled people. Although the Disability Confident 'Committed' level does not guarantee an interview for disabled applicants, we will make reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants during the recruitment process.

The University also holds the Carer Positive ‘Engaged’ employer award, which recognises our commitment to supporting staff with caring responsibilities.

Glasgow Caledonian University are committed signatories to the Armed Forces Covenant.

The University offers a range of benefits including opportunities for professional development, family friendly policies, cycle to work scheme and onsite childcare facilities.

Please note that the appointment will be made on the first point of the salary scale (unless by exception).

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