Curriculum Support Administrator

The Sheffield College • Full-time • Sheffield • 13h ago

About us

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment — recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd‑place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

About the role

As a Curriculum Support Administrator, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the local curriculum administrative services function where a level of professional autonomy, independent decision making and proactiveness is required. Your focus will be to a administrate the ‘Student Journey’ from application to certification and progression in a ‘Student First’ focused team.

You will be providing a pro-active service in a busy, fast paced curriculum administrative services function and will be providing an effective, student focused support across the college which oversees the curriculum and student journey administration. You will be required to engage in a professional training plan that supports the delivery of an excellent service.

This is a temporary maternity cover role for 12 months from the start date, or until the postholder returns to work.

Main Responsibilities:

Actively engage in staffing the curriculum administrative service function during core business hours with a need for flexibility
Maintain an excellent standard of administrative support to assigned clusters of curriculum academy areas
Administer the Sparks Teaching Services commissions and timesheets process
Receive and make telephone calls, taking messages, answering queries, and directing enquiries to appropriate to appropriate colleagues/teams
Deliver various curriculum administrative systems and processes
Engage in embedding the colleges curriculum administrative systems and processes
Services various internal meetings, including preparing meeting agendas and papers, distributing these timely, producing high quality, accurate meeting notes and recording and monitoring follow up actions
Deliver an excellent customer service experience
Process incoming and outgoing mail
Maintain excellent working relationships with service users of the administrative service function

If you want to find out more about the role please contact Sophia Atherton, Administration Services Manager Curriculum - Sophia.Atherton@sheffcol.ac.uk

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £26,916 - £29,225 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Alongside your salary, your pension is one of the most valuable benefits of joining the College. The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), administered locally by SYPA, provides financial security in retirement and support for your loved ones.

Our Full Benefits Package

SYPA – with a generous employer contribution
Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
Health and wellbeing, we offer
- Employee assistance programme through Bupa
- Occupational Health through PAM
- Free eye tests for VDU users
Free parking is available at the majority of our campuses
Hybrid and flexible working opportunities
Continuous professional development opportunities
A people‑focused working culture where you can grow and thrive

Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.  Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps:

To apply: Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk CVs are currently not accepted.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.  

Closing date: 14th of July 2026

Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.

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