Faculty Administrator

The University of Surrey is seeking a highly organised and proactive Faculty Administrator within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences to provide comprehensive administrative support across a busy Faculty environment. You will play a key role in enabling the smooth delivery of academic, research, teaching, and strategic activity, working closely with academic, clinical, research, and professional services colleagues.
You will coordinate meetings, committees, and events; support research and programme related activity; manage enquiries; and ensure accurate and timely preparation of agendas, papers, minutes, and actions. The role also includes supporting financial and operational processes, visitor coordination, and the maintenance of shared administrative systems and records. You will also contribute to Faculty events, seminars, conferences, and strategic initiatives, the Pan University Institute, programme support and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion activities.

You will be an organised, dependable, and detail focused administrator with experience of working in a busy office environment. You will be confident managing competing priorities, working accurately to deadlines, and communicating effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. A collaborative approach and a professional, service-focused attitude are essential, along with the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
Strong IT skills and confidence in standard administrative systems are required. Experience of supporting meetings, committees, or financial processes would be an advantage, as would familiarity with higher education or a complex organisational environment.

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.
We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.
Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference., In return we offer a generous pension, relocation assistance where appropriate , flexible working options including job share and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.