University of Nottingham
Operations Officer
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Nottingham University Business School
Location
Jubilee Campus
Salary
£26,908 to £28,890 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
Closing Date
Friday 31 July 2026
Reference
SOC1514926
Are you looking for a role that underpins world-leading research and teaching, and gives you the chance to make a positive difference to the delivery of our services?
As an Operations Officer (Core Operations) you will be part of an integrated team with responsibility for providing operational and administrative support for a range of School/Faculty processes and activities in the Business School. You will:
- Support the delivery of effective, efficient and compliant operational and administrative support ensuring an exceptional customer experience and high level of service.
- Provide support, advice and guidance on a broad range of operational functions and respond to enquiries from academic staff, students and colleagues.
- Contribute to the development, review and continuous improvement of relevant procedures, plans, policies, processes and working practices.
- Provide general operational support including: servicing committees, raising purchase orders, reception duties, dealing with enquiries and general administrative requests, maintaining local records and updating information hubs such as the school website and intranet.
- You will also support with events; booking rooms and catering, liaising with speakers, processing expenses, travel bookings and staff Inductions; scheduling meetings, disseminating information and supporting the onboarding process.
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You will need good interpersonal skills, work well in a team, be organised, proactive, self-motivated, flexible and able to thrive in a fast-paced and varied environment.
What We Offer
- A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
- A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
- Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
- We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
- You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website
This is a permanent, full-time post available now. Your working hours will be 36.25 hours per week. If you are interested in part-time work (minimum 29 hours per week), we encourage you to apply. Please specify your preferred hours in your application.
Please contact Dan Gill, Dan.Gill@nottingham.ac.uk, if you have further questions about this role. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
Nottingham University Business School is one of the UK’s leading business schools and a globally ranked centre for management education of the UK’s most successful universities. Further information about the School is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/
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Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme.
We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.
To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.
Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.
We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.
This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.
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