This is a very exciting opportunity for an experienced operational support expert to join our vibrant, dynamic Faculty team. Working within a collaborative team of three Department Operations Managers, you will provide high level operational support to departmental senior academic leadership in delivering University and Faculty strategic priorities at the local, department level. This includes oversight of the day to day operations of your nominated department/s as well as exciting projects in areas such as community and culture, staff wellbeing, internationalisation and events including Open Days and Offer Holder Days. 

As a leader of our Department Support Hub Team, you will provide outstanding leadership to a team of highly dedicated administrative coordination staff and contribute proactively and collaboratively to our Faculty Team Managers Group. 

About you 

To succeed in this dynamic role, you’ll need to be proactive, highly organised, and customer-focused, delivering top-quality support to stakeholders across the Department, Faculty, and University. You will be a change-driven innovator, team player and generous leader who inspires others to reach their fullest potential in support of our Faculty's world-leading academic endeavours in Architecture & Civil Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Further Information

For more information or to have an informal discussion about the post, please contact the Director of Operations, Loretta Gibson lg623@bath.ac.uk

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis. 

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
• Staff discount at Team Íøºì±¬ÁÏ gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff 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 Íøºì±¬ÁÏ
• 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 Íøºì±¬ÁÏ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 17 Aug 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049