Start 29^th May 2026 (approx. 3 month post)

Grade 6 

FTE 0.6

The rate:  £22.48 inc holiday pay. (7 hours per day)

The Academic Skills team is looking for administrative support for our busy online summer courses, triaging for two busy inboxes and set up support for current students’ academic skills support. We are a small team who work closely together across teaching and operational systems management. We are looking for a colleague who has excellent time management skills, works with a positive and constructive attitude and is very comfortable to take full advantage of online collaborative administrative tools.

If you would like more information, please email me:  sian.lund@rca.ac.uk. 

To apply please send your CV and a description of your relevant experience to: 

When sending an email please use the vacancy job title in the subject: Academic Skills courses administrator - Casual Worker

Purpose of the post:

Provide full administrative support for the successful running of ongoing summer courses and regular academic skills support for current students

Description of Duties

• To triage email traffic via two shared inboxes as the first point of contact for communication to and from staff and students.
• To support with onboarding of students to the online summer courses including register and class lists set up, IT troubleshooting, online platform navigation etc.
• To monitor student numbers and attendance
• To support the summer course coordinators with daily operationalisation of the courses (for example but not limited to: setting up and supporting meetings, organising documentation dissemination, monitoring online platform use, setting up group registers, assisting with recording and monitoring of student attendance, organising end-of-course arrangements and documentation dissemination.
• To support set up and bookings for current students accessing in house academic skills support  

Person Specification

Essential:

• Excellent communication skills with high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise a heavy, fast-paced workload whilst retaining excellent customer service standards.
• Excellent functionality with the full suite of google workspace apps.
• Excellent functionality with full range of zoom: meeting and conferencing tools, and advanced scheduling and booking functions 

Desirable: 

• Knowledge of MOODLE or similar VLE to support with content management according to the needs of the course
• Good understanding of standards around managing, protecting and re-using data, including information security best practice and data protection principles.
• Naturally collaborative, with the ability to use initiative, multitask and work as part of a team.
• Solution-focussed approach to problem solving. 

Additional Information:

Responsible to:  EAP Pre-Sessional Coordinators

THIS IS A ROLLING ADVERT AND WE MAY CLOSE THE VACANCY EARLY IF A CANDIDATE IS SELECTED - YOU ARE ADVISED NOT TO DELAY IN CONTACTING US

Closing Date: 18 May 2026

Programme/Department: Administrative & Professional

Salary: £22.48 per hour inc Holiday Pay