Business School Administrator

Job Description:

Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• 5 weeks annual leave +5 days university holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Generous superannuation provisions (up to 6.75% employer contribution)
• Permanent position (37.5 hours per week) 1.0 fte

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Āu Mahi | What You Will Do
As a highly organised and customer-focused Business School Administrator, you will provide professional administrative support across the UC Business School, ensuring the smooth delivery of academic and operational activities. Working collaboratively within a supportive administration team, you will play a key role in enabling staff and students to succeed by delivering efficient, accurate, and responsive administrative services.

In this varied role, you will make a tangible contribution through:

• Coordinating academic support contracts, timesheets, and budget administration
• Supporting student grading, examinations, timetabling, and course administration
• Organising travel, events, meetings, and stakeholder communications
• Maintaining accurate records, filing systems, and information repositories
• Delivering responsive administrative support to staff, students, and visitors
• Contributing to continuous improvement and collaborative ways of working

This is a role where no two days are the same. You'll work across a broad range of academic and operational activities while helping to ensure the Business School continues to deliver an exceptional experience for staff and students.

Mōu | Who You Are
You are an experienced administrator who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys supporting a diverse range of stakeholders. Highly organised and adaptable, you can manage competing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and a strong customer focus.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Previous administration experience within a tertiary, large or complex organisation
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Experience using Snaphire, orbit, grader, unimarket and jade SMS would be advantageous
• A customer-focused approach and strong stakeholder relationship skills
• Proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite and confidence using databases and business systems
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• High levels of accuracy, professionalism, and confidentiality
• An understanding of the tertiary education sector or New Zealand education environment (advantageous)

You will be motivated by providing outstanding support, committed to continuous improvement, and aligned with UC's values of Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, and Tiakitanga.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
Reporting to the Administration Team Lead, you will work as part of a collaborative administration team supporting the UC Business School. You will build strong relationships with academic staff, professional services teams, students, and a wide range of stakeholders across the University, contributing to a positive and connected working environment.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
At UC, being part of our team means more than just a job. We are committed to supporting our kaimahi | staff’s career and wellbeing with benefits designed to help our kaimahi grow and feel connected, supported and valued.

UC’s Benefits approach is shaped by Ngā Uara | Our Values Whanaungatanga, Tiakitanga, and Manaakitanga. They are designed to be relevant, support and inspire our people, they include:

• 5 weeks annual leave +5 days university holidays
• UC Parental Leave (up to 9 weeks paid) + 26 weeks Government paid parental leave and onsite childcare facility
• generous employer contribution to superannuation (up to 6.75%)
• flexible working arrangements
• professional development and study opportunities
• supportive working environment
• a wide range of retail discounts across shopping, entertainment and travel
• on-campus staff discounts including UC RecCentre
• living in revitalised Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand
• a unique working environment in a beautiful campus with access to UC facilities such as UC RecCentre and Staff Club at discounted rates plus onsite cafés and eateries, and more.

For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/work-at-uc/benefits-working-uc

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 1 July 2026 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply
Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role.

Please note, this is an onsite position.

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