Programmes Administration Manager

Do you have substantial experience of student administration and can lead and manage a team?  Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to programme delivery, operational excellence and the student experience?  If yes, then this role may be ideal for you.

The University of Kent is seeking an experienced and proactive Programme Administration Manager (PAM) to manage and lead programme-related student administration across a full range of programmes within our Schools. This includes responsibility for Year Abroad, Year in Industry, and other ‘Year In’ activities, ensuring an efficient, effective and student-focused administrative service.  Reporting to the Senior Programme Administration Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality programme administration, ensuring that services both support academic delivery and contribute to wider institutional strategy.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and contributing to university strategies and policies and you will have leadership and management responsibility for an allocated Programmes Administration Team.

As a Programmes Administration Manager, you can expect to be involved in:

Leading the strategic allocation of taught programmes administration staff to ensure that key processes relating to compliance with university and external Codes of Practice and Regulations are appropriately resourcedDesigning, delivering and managing an excellent ‘first-point-of-contact’ service for all students relating to Programme Administration, ensuring adequate support is given to online, email and telephone services as appropriate, enabling students to access the appropriate support or service in a timely and friction- free mannerMonitoring, evaluating and reporting on the yearly cycle of deadlines and workload for the Programmes Administration Team, highlighting concerns, and working closely with the teams to mitigate risks arising from peaks in workload and reduction in staffing resource, due for example, to recruitment issues

What will you bring to the role?

Substantial experience in an administrative support role with experience of student administration or experience of leadership and management of a team of skilled administratorsExperience of working within the Higher Education sector and/or firm understanding of Higher Education administrationDetailed knowledge and understanding of undergraduate and postgraduate processes and proceduresExperience and knowledge of student records systems/timetabling systems or similar complex databases

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office and home working (to be agreed in line with business needs) 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributionsCorporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact [email protected] quoting reference number SL-021-25-R.

Closing Date: 20 Jan 2026

Section: Administrative

Salary: £39,906 to £44,746 per annum pro rata