Seminary Administrator

An exciting opportunity awaits a proactive, personable, and reliable Administrator to join a friendly and engaging administration team. The Seminary seeks an individual with a fast-paced nature and outstanding attention to detail to offer comprehensive support, including student applications, facility administration, library assistance and general enquires. 

The Role 

You will be one of the first points of contact for the Seminary and responsible for providing multifunctional administrative and practical support to the Principal, Senior Leadership Team, and staff. 

You will take a proactive approach to the role, supporting the smooth admission of students into the Seminary. You will also undertake a wide range of other duties including supporting the senior leadership team, ensuring the smooth running of the library, liaising with the site manager over accommodation and facilities and general administration as required. Below is an outline of duties. 

Student support 

• General enquiries 

• Telephone queries 

• Book interested parties into Visit and Open Days 

• Send out applications as requested.  Chase up near deadlines. 

• Deal with written correspondence, forwarding/scanning items as necessary 

• Student applications 

• Progress, request references, arrange interviews, offer places as directed 

• Provide admissions information, reading lists, handbooks, and answer queries 

• Administrative and welfare assistance 

Course Support 

• Produce and issue timetables as directed by teaching staff 

• Assign students and staff to Morning Worship slots 

• Book lecturers where requested 

• Set seminar, assignment, essay and visit/open dates 

• Allocate seminar presentation slots to students 

• Produce lecturer agreements 

Facilities 

• Book residential rooms for students, lecturers, and visitors 

• Student Flats: provide information about flats, licence agreements etc. 

• Report faults/maintenance issues 

• Provide accommodation reports 

• Arrange bookings for extra meetings and conferences 

• Ensure safe standards are maintained across the site, reporting issues and rectifying problems 

• Update Fire Risk Assessment 

• Maintain Accident Book, and ensure First Aid Training is up to date and documented 

Finance 

• Check and approve purchase invoices within agreed limits 

• Distribute invoices 

• Chase overdue invoices 

• Maintain leases for photocopier 

• Maintain and order office supplies as needed 

• Maintain scale of fees and payments 

• Bank cheques and cash 

• Liaise with local authorities for Council Tax and Business Rates queries and demands 

Library 

• Collate book requests and reading list items for approval 

• Order books as directed 

• Classify books, and maintain classification system 

• Oversee cataloguing, stock-checking, filing and maintenance of books 

• Maintain journal subscriptions 

• Process book donations, adding to the library, selling to students, or disposing of as appropriate 

• Order and sell set texts to students 

• Order book donations for students, and biblical texts in the original languages 

• Maintain library software, running maintenance and error reports 

• Provide student details to Evangelical Library 

Other items 

• Maintain licences, ensuring they are operated correctly and renewed promptly: 

• Data Commissioner updates 

• Liase with Copyright Licencing Authority 

• Liase with Christian Music Copyright Licensing 

• Ensure Microsoft and Adobe software licences are up to date 

• Maintain users on the system, adding new users as necessary 

• Maintain procedures and records of processes and passwords 

The role is full time, Monday through Friday, 37 ½ hours per week on site at London Seminary. 

About You 

You will be a highly motivated, efficient and organised administrator, who is a team player, as you will work with a number of people at all levels across the Seminary. With a track record of working in a busy environment where attention to detail is essential, along with the ability to manage various tasks simultaneously. 

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be able to liaise with students, staff and visitors and remain level-headed when dealing with sensitive information. A high-level of competency with Microsoft Office is also required. 

Education experience would be ideal; however not essential as full training and support will be provided. 

Please note that we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK, and all candidates must be personally committed to the Christian faith. They should be able to respect, uphold, and work within the Christian values, culture, and the faith statement of London Seminary. As the representative of a Christian charity, the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3. Please see attachments for the London Seminary Statement of Theological Position and Doctrinal Basis. 

Salary range £26,000 to £29,000 depending on experience. 30 days holiday (inc. Bank holidays), enrolment into the London Seminary pension scheme with employer and employee contribution.  

Contact Stephen should you wish to discuss or apply for the role at stephenwright@londonseminary.org