Postgraduate Administrator

St Catharine’s College in Cambridge welcomes applications for the full-time post of Postgraduate Administrator, based in our Tutorial office.

The Postgraduate Administrator is responsible for providing the administrative support required for the academic activities of postgraduate students and for liaising with the Postgraduate Tutors and other teams involved in the support of our students such as Health & Wellbeing, Finance and Accommodation. This is a vital role at the heart of our service to our postgraduate students requiring an ability to create effective working relationships across college teams and to deliver a high-quality administrative service.

The role holder will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the smooth running of the administrative service that supports all aspects of the admissions and arrival process ensuring that students are provided with helpful information and an efficient, welcoming service.
• Supporting postgraduate students and ensure they receive outstanding service throughout their time at St Catharine’s providing accurate administrative and financial information to students, academics and the wider collegiate university community, and ensuring effective lines of communication between the students and other teams.

The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate they can work collaboratively with internal and external parties to both support a broad range of tutorial and postgraduate student related matters.
• Have excellent administrative skills – this role requires ensuring administrative resources and services work efficiently to support both students and academic staff.
• Have demonstrable experience and/or the aptitude to use databases and manage administrative, financial and legal compliance processes to ensure efficiency.
• Be flexible to adapt to the needs of the College and be a strong team player.

Further details on the main duties and responsibilities of the role can be found in the job description .

Employment benefits

• This is a full time (37.5 hours per week) position to be worked throughout the year. Some weekend and evening work may occasionally be required.
• Salary range between £33,000- £37,500 FTE depending on skills and experience.
• The successful applicant will be required to serve a six-month probation period.
• Please visit the ‘Join our Team ‘ page for details of our range of staff benefits.

How to apply

To apply, please submit a completed application form and send it along with a covering letter / email, outlining your suitability for the role and a copy of your CV.  Please also complete and submit the Equality and Diversity monitoring form .

All application documents should be emailed to:  

The closing date for applications is noon on Tuesday 12 March 2024.

If you would like to discuss this post informally, please contact Kati Sexton, Tutorial Office Manager, via email:

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.