Academic Administration Manager – Internal Only

School of Applied Sciences

Location: Brighton – Moulsecoomb | Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum | Contract Length: 12 months | Closing Date: Sunday 12 July 2026 | Interview Date: To be confirmed | Reference: AP5008-26-154

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated professional to join the School of Applied Sciences as Academic Administration Manager on a 12-month fixed term basis.

As a key member of the School Leadership Team, you will manage the delivery of academic administration services across the full student lifecycle, ensuring high-quality support for students and academic colleagues while maintaining compliance with University regulations and external requirements. Working closely with academic leaders, central professional services teams and course administration colleagues, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the School’s operational effectiveness and student experience.

This opportunity comes at a particularly important time for the University. The successful candidate will help provide continuity and leadership as the institution progresses its transition to a two-College structure and develops future professional services operating models. The role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to organisational change while ensuring that core academic administration services continue to operate effectively and compliantly.

About The Role

The Academic Administration Manager leads a team of Course Administrators and is responsible for the delivery of academic administration services that support students and staff from enrolment through to graduation.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading academic administration across the full student lifecycle.
• Providing oversight of assessment administration, marks processing and examination boards.
• Ensuring compliance with University regulations and external requirements, including student engagement monitoring and visa-related attendance processes.
• Managing student records, curriculum information and assessment data.
• Leading and developing a team of Course Administration staff.
• Acting as a key liaison between academic staff, students and specialist University services.
• Supporting accreditation activity, audits, inspections and Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) requirements.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across Academic Registry and Professional Services to drive service improvement and consistency of practice.
• Contributing to School leadership discussions and supporting operational planning and decision-making.

About You, You Will Bring

• Experience of academic administration within higher education or a similarly complex regulatory environment.
• Knowledge of the student lifecycle and associated regulatory requirements.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience of managing complex administrative processes and competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-management skills.
• Experience of working collaboratively across teams to improve services and solve problems.
• The ability to interpret regulations and policies and apply them effectively in practice.
• A commitment to delivering excellent service for students and staff.

Why apply?

This role offers an excellent development opportunity for colleagues looking to broaden their leadership experience and gain exposure to School-level operational management. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping how services are delivered during a period of organisational change while maintaining the high standards of support expected by students and academic colleagues. Secondments will be considered where possible. This role is full-time, however we welcome applications from candidates seeking to job share.

Further Details

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee’s home. The University’s expectation is that home working will take place within the UK. Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

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