Department Coordinator
Job title: Department Coordinator
Department: Faculty of Science
Salary: Starting from £27,241, rising to £30,986
Grade: Grade 5
Contract Type: Part Time, Open Ended
Placed on: Friday 23 October 2026
Closing date: Thursday 12 November 2026
Interview date: To be confirmed
Reference: SS14045
About the role
The Faculty of Science is looking for a pro-active and self-motivated individual to join our team, to support the delivery of University of Bath Pharmacy education at the University of Plymouth campus. You will play a key role in providing administrative support to the Bath MPharm at Plymouth staff team, including reception and enquiry management, data management/processing, minute taking and organising key department events.
About you
Delivering excellent service matters to us, as well as student and staff wellbeing and University reputation. If this approach resonates with you and you are a good teammate who also enjoys taking initiative, we would encourage you to apply.
The postholder will work collaboratively to deliver a high-quality standard of support, ensuring that services are efficient, effective and adapt to changing circumstances. The postholder must be able to prioritise effectively and work to tight deadlines on their own initiative, and to learn new systems and procedures rapidly.
In fulfilling these functions, the postholder will collaborate with colleagues across the University of Bath and University of Plymouth, as well as the academic leadership team based locally. This is a busy and varied role involving daily communication with academic staff and students, and the postholder needs to have excellent organisational skills, to demonstrate good use of initiative, and have the ability to multi-task and prioritise.
Further information
This role is advertised part-time at 0.6FTE based at the University of Plymouth Campus. Applications from suitably qualified candidates seeking a role which offers part time working, hybrid working, job-sharing and other forms of flexible employment are welcome.
For more information please visit - Join the University of Bath MPharm at Plymouth.
For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Sarah Paine at sjp210@bath.ac.uk.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
- Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.
Be Well at Bath
We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:
- Staff support groups and networks
- A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
- A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive
Find out more about being at your best at Bath.
Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
