Programmes Officer
Are you passionate about education and looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact? Do you excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

ABOUT US

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences brings together six departments with an excellent reputation for both teaching and research. More information regarding our courses may be found here: http://www.bath.ac.uk/departments/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/
As a Faculty, we embrace change and provide a supportive environment in which to grow, offering professional development opportunities with a strong belief in the value of investing in our people and teams.
We have established work streams focussing on sustainability, wellbeing and career-based skills. We arrange Faculty Away days, social events, book/craft clubs and are open to new ideas. We love to support our local community and charities through fundraising events.
We are offering hybrid working in the Faculty Professional Services Staff team. This means you must work part of the week on campus in the office and you may also work part of the week from home.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

This role will provide essential operational and management support to our Faculty’s exciting and diverse academic programmes.
In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with Programmes Managers and fellow Officers to ensure smooth, efficient delivery of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
This is an opportunity to develop your skills while playing a key part in shaping the experience of our students.
You’ll work in a job-split with another Programmes Officer to lead and manage a small team of dedicated administrative staff, working together to support the Faculty’s education portfolio.
The post will directly input into enhancing the quality of academic programmes and the student experience, ensuring that everything runs seamlessly.
The Faculty is committed to continuous improvement and innovation, meaning you’ll have plenty of opportunities to shape and evolve processes, improving both your own skills and the efficiency of our operations.
You’ll be part of a close-knit team, all working towards a shared goal – creating an exceptional academic experience for all.
This role is part time (0.5 FTE, 18.25 hours per week).
We require the successful candidate to work on a Wednesday and Thursday due to the timing of committees and meetings the post holder is required to attend. There is flexibility over how the remaining hours are spread across the week.