Closing date: 09/11/2026
Salary range: £26,615 - £27,865
FTE: 1(35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed (14 months)
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics is seeking an Administrative Assistant to provide maternity cover for a period of 14 months. The post involves providing efficient administrative support for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, as well as supporting international teaching programme activities in the Department.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support for staff and students, providing a high level of customer service. The post involves a wide range of administrative duties and responsibilities. You will act as the first point of contact for staff, students, and visitors to the Department, responding to inquiries and redirecting them as appropriate. You will support the student administration function by assisting with the management of databases and records, class materials, examination processes and UKVI attendance monitoring. You will organise meetings and events and provide general administrative support such as purchasing/procurement tasks, assisting with visitor letters, providing committee admin support, as well as booking travel and accommodation.
You will be a key departmental admin contact for the Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) China, international teaching collaboration and will support the Department’s NAU Coordinator and flying faculty with administration and travel arrangements.
You will contribute to the support given to the Head of Department by assisting with diary management, webpage management, organising meetings and events and responding to requests for information.
To be considered for this role you will be educated to a minimum of Higher grade level, or equivalent, and/or have relevant previous experience in a similar environment. You will be IT literate, with experience of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Word, Outlook, Excel and you will have good numeracy and literacy skills. You will have the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with a range of internal and external stakeholders. The role involves being able to prioritise your own work independently, within a supported environment, as well as working as part of a team.
For any informal enquiries, please contact Departmental Administrator, Sandra Miller (s.j.miller@strath.ac.uk).