
Sam Bayley Department Manager Tel: 01904 32 4295 sam.bayley@york.ac.uk
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- Overall responsibility for all business processes and professional services support
- Planning and financial management
- HR and recruitment processes
- Member of the Department Leadership Team
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Student Services Team
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Bryan Hughes Student Services Manager Tel: 01904 324787 bryan.hughes@york.ac.uk
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- Student experience (collectively and individually)
- Administration & operational support for teaching & learning
- Welfare & student progress
- Strategic development of student services operations
- Relationships with university services related to students/teaching
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Emma Boneham Student Services Coordinator Tel: 01904 32 2998 emma.boneham@york.ac.uk
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- Handling escalated student enquiries, welfare and student progress
- Oversight and continuous improvement of student administration processes, including assessment and module evaluation
- Coordination of the Department's VLE provision
- Deputy to the Student Services Manager and coordination of day-to-day office operations
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Nadine Riley Timetabling Administrator timetabling@york.ac.uk
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Tammy Connor Student Support Assistant tammy.connor@york.ac.uk
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- Dealing with general enquiries
- Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting
Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
- Processing assessments
- General administrative duties including booking rooms, travel and accommodation
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 Bryony Cox Student Services Administrator (UG)
bryony.cox@york.ac.uk
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- Dealing with all Undergraduate general enquiries
- Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
- General administrative duties including booking rooms, travel and accommodation
- Processing assessments
- Assisting with the Department's social media and communications
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 Toshiko Smith Student Services Administrator (Masters) Tel: 01904 324769 environment-pgtstudents@york.ac.uk
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- Maintaining the postgraduate student records
- Processing assessments and feedback
- Responding to queries in relation to the administration of the postgraduate programmes of study
- Administrating the Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plan (SSP) processes
- Processing staff and visitor expense claims
- Creating and booking Casual Workers
- Other Administrative duties including room booking, catering and accommodation arrangements
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Maroula Hill Student Services Administrator (PGR) Tel: 01904 324068 maroula.hill@york.ac.uk
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- First point of contact for postgraduate research students and teaching staff handling queries across all postgraduate research matters
- Maintenance of PGR student records, including admissions, enrolment, progression, examination and awards
- Oversight of scholarships, studentships and DTPs
- Support for internal exam boards
- Support for the Department's recruitment and admissions activity
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Careers & Employability
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Tamsyn Kiss Employability Assistant environment-careers@york.ac.uk
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- Support for students with employability and placements
- Support for employers
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Jenny Pollard Industry Liaison Officer Tel: 01904 322996 jenny.pollard@york.ac.uk
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- External engagement
- Management of placement programmes
- Careers Liaison Officer
- Mental Health First Aider
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Research Support
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 Laura Smith Research Facilitator Tel: 01904 32 4063 laura.smith@york.ac.uk
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- Management of departmental research support
- Help with research grant proposals
- Management of current research and consultancy projects
- REF support
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 Andy Poyer Research Administrator Tel: 01904 32 6414 andy.poyer@york.ac.uk
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- Support for research grant proposals and costings
- Support for current research and consultancy projects
- Secretary to the Department Research Committee
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Technical Operations
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Dave Hay Health & Safety and Technical Manager Tel: 01904 324071 dave.hay@york.ac.uk
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- Management of departmental technical teams and facilities
- Departmental Safety Manager
- Departmental Radiation Protection Supervisor
- Management of building, laboratory, security and IT operations
- Responsible for technical budget management and purchasing operations
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Mike Beckwith Physical Geography Research Technician Tel: 01904 324788 mike.beckwith@york.ac.uk |
- Providing field and surveying assistance to support the physical geography research group, specialising in spatial surveying techniques and processing, data/sample collection and monitoring.
- Assisting with the installation, operation and maintenance of physical geography field equipment.
- Responsible for the storage and archiving of physical geography research samples.
- Assisting and supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the course of their fieldwork and laboratory work.
- Supporting laboratory practical sessions.
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Dr Maria Gehrels Physical Geography Research Technician Tel: 01904 324788 maria.gehrels@york.ac.uk
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- Providing field and laboratory assistance to support the physical geography research group
- Preparation of samples for palaeo-ecological analysis (diatoms, pollen, foraminifera, testate amoebae)
- Assisting with the installation, operation and maintenance of physical geography field equipment
- Responsible for the storage and archiving of physical geography research samples
- Assisting and supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the course of their laboratory and fieldwork
- Training students in the preparation and identification of microfossils
- Supporting laboratory practical sessions
- Maintaining a clean, safe and effective working environment for physical geography research
- Primary contact in the teaching laboratory for geography staff and students
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Anthony Jones Research Technician Tel: 01904 324788 anthony.jones@york.ac.uk
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- Carrying out field work at sites in the Yorkshire Dales including water sampling and greenhouse gas flux measurement
- Overseeing laboratory analysis of peat and water samples
- Data input, writing standard operating procedures and risk assessing work associated with the project
- Supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in their laboratory and fieldwork
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Dr Matt Pickering Experimental Officer Tel: 01904 324788 matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
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- Laboratory support of environmental analytical chemistry research.
- Providing technical support and training on analytical instrumentation to staff and students.
- Responsibility for gas chromatography (GC-MS and GC-FID), liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ion chromatography instruments including maintenance, troubleshooting and analytical method development.
- To assist the reporting of analytical data as a contribution to research reports.
- Stock control of chemicals, consumables and equipment relating to the chromatography facility.
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Rebecca Sutton Senior Research Technician Tel: 01904 324788 rebecca.sutton@york.ac.uk
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- Support to departmental research staff
- Support of students engaged in research projects at BSc and MSc/PhD level
- Laboratory organisation including purchasing, instrument specification etc
- Provision of instruction and training to members of academic and research staff in detailed and safe usage of complex laboratory equipment
- Maintenance, operation and troubleshooting of key specialised analytical instrumentation
- Advice on the handling and disposal of hazardous laboratory chemicals.
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Deborah Sharpe Laboratory Technician Tel: 01904 324788 deborah.sharpe@york.ac.uk
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- To assist with operation and maintenance of lab equipment
- Preparation of experimental and stock solutions for teaching purposes
- General housekeeping of teaching labs.
- Disposal of chemical waste and glass
- Stock control of chemicals, consumables and lab equipment
- To assist in the operation of department field trips
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 Mark Tolley Departmental Computing Officer Tel: 01904 324191 mark.tolley@york.ac.uk
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- 1st and 2nd line IT support (at desk, telephone and remote support)
- Software installation and deployment
- New IT installations and upgrades of existing equipment
- Advice and guidance with all IT matters
- Asset management
- Environment website management
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General Administration, Finance & Marketing |
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Zoe Fraser Departmental Administration Coordinator Tel: 01904 326502 zoe.fraser@york.ac.uk
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- Oversight, documentation and continuous improvement of general administrative processes across the Department
- Support for departmental HR processes and record-keeping
- Support for equality, diversity and inclusivity activity
- Support for sustainability activity
- Management of casual workers
- Executive support to the E&G Leadership Team
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Lucy Orange PA / Administrator Tel: 01904 32 8640 environment-pa@york.ac.uk
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- Booking meetings, travel and accommodation for EGLT members
- Diary management for EGLT members
- Email management for HoD and Department Manager
- Raising POs, processing expenses and documenting departmental spending
- Administrating GTA bookings
- Servicing the EGLT, DMT, and departmental staff meetings
- General administrative duties
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Marieke Nauta Management Accountant Tel: 01904 32 6620 marieke.nauta@york.ac.uk
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- Management Accountant for Department of Environment & Geography and Stockholm Environment Institue
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Marcy Melis Finance Assistant environment-finance@york.ac.uk
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- Handling invoices, expenses claims, and general financial processing
- Ensures compliance with University financial regulations
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Pete McClymont Faculty Content Producer Marketing, Recruitment, Admissions and Outreach Tel: 01904 32 4343
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- Part of the Marketing, Admissions, Recruitment and Outreach (MARO) team
- Develops content for departmental webpages and news stories
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Strategy Support |
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 Charlotte Hartley Project Manager charlotte.hartley@york.ac.uk |
- Project manage the development of the long term vision and strategy
- Stakeholder management and engagement
- Internal communications associated with the development of the strategy
- Assisting in the development of core values for the department
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Stockholm Environment Institute at York |
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Emma Holland Executive Assistant, SEI-Y Tel: 07552 285885 emma.holland@york.ac.uk
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- Executive support for SEI-Y Director
- Oversight of administrative functions within SEI-Y
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Sam Bland Software Developer
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- Software development for a number of environmental models and tools
- Data visualisation
- Interactive user interface design.
- Urban simulation
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Frances Dixon Communications Specialist
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- Designing and implementing communication strategies
- Content developer for infographics and videos
- Editing and copywriting content for different audiences
- Policy engagement
- Online event planning (seminars, workshops etc.)
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Anwen Hughes Research Manager Tel: 07552 285934 anwen.hughes@york.ac.uk
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- Research facilitation and management for SEI-Y
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Howard Cambridge Research Support Group Manager Tel: 07552 285887 howard.cambridge@york.ac.uk
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- Provision of IT, communications, software development and spatial mapping services to SEI researches at York.
- Developing creative approaches for engaging different stakeholders including focus groups and participatory mapping.
- Development of online tools, bespoke software and apps.
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Trudy Stapley SEI-Y Administrative Assistant Tel: 07552 285 895 trudy.stapley@york.ac.uk
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Douglas Wang Software Developer
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- Software developer of user interfaces for research tools and management planning
- Agile development using programming (Python/Django) and server side scripting languages (PHP / JavaScript) both for local use and in online, cloud-based, environments.
- Full stack web development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript for web-based interface design and web-based GIS techniques using GeoServer, OpenLayers, Leaflet/MapBox.
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Lizzie White SEI-Y Adminstrator Tel: 07552 285885 lizzie.white@york.ac.uk
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