You will form part of the School’s team for delivery of international experience to students, sitting within the Employability team. The main duties of this role will be informed by developments in the international strategy, requiring you to show significant flexibility and adaptability with regard to proportion of time spent on specific duties.

About the role

The role has responsibility for all aspects of administrative support for outgoing and incoming student exchanges on the School’s undergraduate programmes, ensuring that services are efficient, effective and adapt to changing circumstances. The team work together, developing common systems and processes standardised on best practice and ensuring that University regulations and procedures are adhered to.

This is a busy and varied role which requires you to communicate persuasively and tactfully with staff to ensure cooperation and compliance with milestones in the academic year. 

You will also maintain regular communication with students which may include matters of confidentiality. Therefore, you will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills, demonstrate a good use of initiative and be able to interpret and apply complex information. Excellent attention to detail is also required.

About you

Experience & Knowledge:

• Substantial experience in an administrative support role preferably with experience of student administration or equivalent experience working in a busy office
• Experience of liaising/negotiating and working with a range of staff
• Experience of working with young adults and people from a wide range of cultures

Skills:

• Knowledge at intermediate level of at least one foreign language 
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Capacity to manage and prioritise a high workload, often working to tight deadlines

Attributes:

• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to learn new skills quickly
• Ability to work in a team and independently, being proactive and able to use initiative
• Competent, conscientious and motivated with a methodical approach to work
• Customer focused, with proven ability in improving customer service

Further information

This is a part-time role, working 18.25 hours per week (0.5 fte) working flexibly to meet your needs.

Further information about the School's International Exchange scheme can be found at:

Study abroad during your School of Management undergraduate degree (bath.ac.uk)

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For an informal discussion about the role please contact Clare Woolfe, International Relations Manager (caw56@bath.ac.uk) or Helen Friend, International Relations Officer (hmrf20@bath.ac.uk).

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. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº discount at Team Bath gym
• ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº a great place to work as well as following us and .

Closing Date: 21 Jul 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £26,338 to £29,959

The School of Management (SoM) is one of four faculties in the ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº and benefits from being located on the edge of the UNESCO world-heritge City of Bath.  As one of the UK’s leading Business Schools the SoM is located in an impressive new building with state-of-the art resources and offers the full range of academic courses: undergraduate (BSc); pre-experience master’s MSc); post-experience master’s (MBA); both research and professional doctoral qualifications (PhD and DBA); and, tailored executive education options for both individuals and organisations. The School of Management is consistently ranked among the best schools in the United Kingdom for undergraduate business education. For example, in the latest (2025) Complete University Guide, the School ranks 1^st in Marketing (for the seventh year running), 2^nd in Business and Management, and 2^nd in Accounting and Finance.  In addition, the School’s research ranked 7th nationally in the latest (2021) Research Excellence Framework.  Accredited by both EQUIS and AMBA, and in progress for ACCSB accreditation, the School of Management is committed to delivering exceptional education and driving impactful research in the field of business management. 

The role has two complementary parts: 

1. Working with the Dean and Director of Accreditations, the post holder will plan and project manage the School’s submissions to the main accreditation bodies. This will include the securing the School’s first AACSB accreditation and the renewal of our EQUIS and AMBA accreditations as well as programme-level accreditations such as ACCA, CFA etc.  

2. Working within the Dean, Associate Dean International and the School’s rankings’ group the post holder will: gather data and play a critical role in data submissions to rankings organisations; conduct in-depth analysis of the key rankings, monitor and critically analyse the School’s and competitors’ ranking performance and create timely reports based on these analyses. 

Much of the data required by the rankings organisations is also required by the accreditation bodies so there is cross-over in the two areas of work. In fulfilling these functions, the post holder will foster and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues across the School of Management and with key personnel in the rankings and accreditation bodies.   

This is an exciting, busy and varied role which requires the post-holder to have excellent communication, organisational and managerial skills.  The role holder will also need to demonstrate strong analytical skills when collecting and presenting data in addition to those of project management.  

The School of Management offers flexible, hybrid working where you can work from home for a couple of days a week. For an informal discussion, please contact the Head of the Dean’s Office, Jenny Armstrong on jra44@bath.ac.uk   

Travel to Bath

Bath, known for its Georgian architecture and natural hot springs, has been a desirable place to live since Roman times. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it holds legal protection for its cultural significance. Residents appreciate the green surroundings, parks, hills, and independent shops alongside the iconic Georgian landscape. The city hosts various cultural events like the Bath Literature, Music, and Comedy Festivals, "Bath in Fashion" Week, and the annual Bath Digital Festival, providing entertainment for residents. Find essential travel advice at Travel advice (bath.ac.uk).

What we can offer you

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance.
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements.
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• several support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, and Interest-Free Loan.

Equal Opportunity

We aim to be an inclusive 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, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Further Details (attachments)

• Job Description
• Candidate Pack
• Terms and Conditions of Employment

Closing Date: 06 Jul 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,249 to £45,413