Full job description

Looking for a varied higher education role where you can support students, academic programmes and colleagues? Enjoy keeping things organised when priorities are moving quickly? Signature Recruitment are recruiting a Programme Operations Officer for a well-regarded London higher education institution.

This is a full-time, hybrid temporary role for one month, paying £20.03 per hour plus holiday pay, with an immediate start. There is also the potential for the role to move into a fixed-term contract. You will join during a period of departmental change and provide additional cover ahead of the new academic year. Joining at this stage will allow time for a thorough handover before the busiest teaching period begins.

As Programme Operations Officer, you will support postgraduate teaching programmes alongside wider departmental operations. Working with students, academics and professional services colleagues, you will help ensure queries are handled efficiently, records remain accurate and day-to-day activities run smoothly.

You will benefit from a flexible hybrid working pattern, with additional on-site days during busy periods and events. This is an excellent opportunity to build on your higher education experience within a supportive and collaborative team. The varied workload will also give you exposure to programme coordination, HR, finance and estates administration.

Programme Operations Officer - Key Responsibilities:

• Support postgraduate teaching programmes and related administration
• Respond to student enquiries and manage shared departmental inboxes
• Coordinate programme activities, meetings and departmental events
• Provide administrative support across HR, finance and estates processes
• Maintain accurate records and update systems using Microsoft 365
• Assist students, academics and professional services colleagues with daily queries

Programme Operations Officer - Key Skills:

• Experience supporting programme administration within higher education
• Strong organisation and clear communication skills
• Calm, adaptable and proactive approach to changing priorities
• Experience supporting HR, finance or facilities administration

If you enjoy supporting academic programmes, helping people and keeping a busy department organised, we would love to hear from you. Apply today through Signature Recruitment to be considered for this Programme Operations Officer opportunity.

• While we aim to respond to every applicant, the volume of applications may result in delayed communication. If you do not receive a response within a week, your application may not have been successful on this occasion, but we will keep your details for potential future opportunities.