Higher Education Administrators

A Higher Education Administrator works in a variety of specialized areas within a college or university, including student admissions and services, academic departments or campus maintenance and development. Manages student academic records (registrar), leads a college or school within a university system (academic dean), or serves as chief academic officer (provost).

About this Career

Average Salary

£38,523

New workers start at around £23,769. Normal pay is £38,523 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £69,501

Annual Openings

50

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs

Daily Tasks

  • Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.
  • Assists with recruitment, public relations and marketing activities.
  • Organises examinations, invigilation and any security procedures required.
  • Drafts and interprets regulations, deals with queries and complaints procedures and coordinates and maintains quality assurance procedures.
  • Acts as secretary to statutory and other bodies/committees associated with the educational establishment.
  • Controls administrative aspects of student admission, registration and graduation.
  • Leads or contributes to decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, disciplinary and other matters.
  • Provides administrative support to the academic team.
  • Considers staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.

Skills Employers are looking for

Skills Importance
Monitoring 77%
Active Listening 73%
Reading Comprehension 72%
Writing 71%
Critical Thinking 71%
Active Learning 70%
Learning Strategies 70%
Speaking 69%
Mathematics 55%
Science 26%

Related courses