Making a Positive Impact, Together.
Doing things differently.
School Management Support Coordinator
Salary- £29,352 - £33,739 per annum
Permanent, full-time
About the Role
Be at the centre of decision-making and help shape how our School operates.
We're looking for Expressions of Interest from organised, proactive professionals to provide dedicated support to the Executive Dean while leading our School Management Support Administration Team.
As the Executive Dean's Personal Assistant, you'll manage a busy and varied workload, ensuring priorities, correspondence, meetings and deadlines are coordinated effectively. You'll be trusted to anticipate needs, solve problems and keep things moving in a fast-paced environment.
Alongside providing high-level executive support, you'll line manage the School's management support administration team, helping to develop colleagues, coordinate workloads and ensure a consistently excellent service across the School.
What you'll do
- Act as Personal Assistant to the Executive Dean.
- Manage complex diaries, correspondence and competing priorities.
- Organise meetings, committees and key School activities.
- Support the delivery of School operations and strategic priorities.
- Monitor deadlines and ensure actions are progressed.
- Line manage and support the School Management Support Administration Team.
- Review and improve processes, systems and ways of working.
- Build strong relationships with colleagues across the University.
We're looking for someone who
- Is highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Communicates confidently with people at all levels.
- Takes initiative and enjoys solving problems.
- Has experience leading or coordinating a team.
- Pays attention to detail while seeing the bigger picture.
- Enjoys improving processes and finding smarter ways of working.
For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We'll still consider Expressions of Interest even if you don't meet every single one of the requirements, so don't be put off if you don't match them perfectly. To ensure the diverse needs of our team are met we actively encourage secondments and offer flexible part-time working patterns - we're focused on finding the right person for the role.
Interview Date: 23rd November 2026
About Us
We are the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Science (ARES) at Nottingham Trent University. Our business is nature: specifically, the environment, animal health and welfare, ecology and conservation, and agriculture and food production..
Our approach is innovative and inclusive. We feel it makes us that little bit different. It’s our goal to have a positive impact on the planet by improving the well being of environments, animals, plants, and people. If you see that passion in yourself, we can be a new, powerful partner in your career.
For any informal queries about the role or the ARES team, please contact Rachael Alvey at rachael.alvey@ntu.ac.uk.
Join Us
- Hybrid working - We support flexible ways of working through a combination of campus-based and home working where applicable. For full-time roles, this includes a minimum of 60% on-campus commitment. We trust colleagues to work with their teams to shape working patterns that enable them to deliver the best possible outcomes for their stakeholders.
- Flexibility - We welcome and support a range of working patterns and approaches, helping colleagues balance their work and personal commitments while meeting the needs of the role.
- 28 - 30 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata.
- Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
- Range of health and wellbeing services, including a Health Cash Plan, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
- Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
- We are committed to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across all areas of our work. We actively promote a culture of respect and belonging and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. For more information please click here - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | Nottingham Trent University
- And a whole lot more…Find out more about the range of benefits we offer.
Come and be part of our success. Apply today.
Safe and Inclusive
At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. By championing positive wellbeing, we promote an environment where all can thrive and reach their full potential. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.
Please note that unfortunately, this role has been assessed as ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system however, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. For more information visit the Government Skilled Worker visa support page. However, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home Office website for further information.
Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.
