Job reference: SAE-029418
Salary: £28,031 to £31,236 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: FSE Research & Business Services
Hours Per Week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/09/2025
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: Faculty Office - Science and Engineering

Job Description

The Faculty of Science and Engineering are looking to recruit a Postgraduate Research Administrator (Experience), specialising in supporting PGR Operational Activity within the Doctoral Academy.

You will be an enthusiastic and proactive individual and the successful candidate will have experience of working in the area of student experience within the education sector.

We are looking for someone with strong organisational and problem-solving skills who can support an excellent postgraduate researcher experience. You will ideally have experience of using student systems and be confident with events planning and be competent to work alongside multiple detailed process and procedures. As an excellent communicator, you will build strong working relationships with academic and professional services colleagues across the institution as well as with our PGR community.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and all appointments will be made on merit. As we are committed to the principles of the Race Equality Charter Mark, we would particularly welcome applications from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community who are currently under-represented at this level in this area. 


What you will get in return:

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Eleanor Bhamra, Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Doctoral Academy, FSE

Email: Eleanor.bhamra@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.


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