Maternity Cover Administrator (Clinical Skills and Simulation)
We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Administrator (Clinical Skills and Simulation) to join our Skills and Simulation Department on a fixed-term maternity cover basis.
Are you an experienced administrative professional with exceptional organisational and co-ordination skills? Do you enjoy problem-solving and working collaboratively? Are you looking for a new challenge?
Then the University of Worcester needs to be your next move.
We are looking to appoint a proactive and enthusiastic professional who positively embraces change with excellent communication skills and a proven commitment to working as part of a team to establish innovative and modern approaches to administration. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrator to interact with a variety of stakeholders and provide high quality administration support for clinical skills and simulation-based education across the University’s healthcare disciplines.
The College of Health and Science draws together a wide range of healthcare disciplines including Nursing, Midwifery, Social Care, Paramedic Science, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Medicine, Physician Associate, Diagnostic Radiography, Dietetics. The University of Worcester is a leading institution dedicated to advancing healthcare education through innovative skills and simulation-based training. The University is expanding its facilities and sites, with the continued development of our new Health and Wellbeing Severn Campus. Our mission is to enhance clinical skills and simulation-based education to improve patient outcomes by providing high-quality, authentic learning experiences.
By working collaboratively, our dedicated Skills and Simulation Team provides an efficient technician and administrative service for academic colleagues, external stakeholders and students. The successful candidate will be part of the Team and play a crucial role in supporting the Head of Department to ensure the efficient delivery of essential administrative and financial processes, which enables the effective delivery of clinical skills and simulation-based education activity across the College. The role holder will embrace continuous improvement and seek to implement the most modern and effective approaches to a range of evolving business needs.
This is a dynamic and flexible role, which requires a positive and proactive approach, effective co-ordination skills and excellent time management abilities to ensure tasks are completed to deadline. The successful candidate will have initiative, strong interpersonal skills and a professional approach to be able to manage a diverse workload.
What’s in it for you?
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Annual incremental increase up to £24,521, with the opportunity to progress to £26,093 subject to performance and the university reward scheme
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32 days of leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays and University closure days) rising to 37 total days after 5 years’ continuous service
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Access to our Staff Retail Benefits Scheme
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Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme
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In-house training and development support
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A friendly, inclusive and supportive culture and work environment
Please note that this post does not meet the minimum salary requirements for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route. We are therefore unable to consider applicants for this post who will require sponsorship to work in the UK.
Please note that if not already an employee of the University of Worcester, the appointed candidate will be employed through our subsidiary company Uniworc Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of University of Worcester. Appointees of Uniworc Limited will automatically be enrolled into the Aviva FlexHE defined contribution pension scheme (subject to earnings and other eligibility criteria).
Informal queries about the role should be sent to Katrina Ramsden (Head of Simulation and Skills-Based Education) via [email protected]
