Admissions Administrator

Job title:

Admissions Administrator

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Grade UE04: £24,533 – £27,181 Per Annum.Postgraduate Admissions Office, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.Full time: 35 hours per week.Fixed term for 9 months.The OpportunityThe successful candidate will provide administrative support to the Postgraduate Admissions Office.This is an opportunity to join a professional admissions team responsible for processing more than 50,000 applications a year, as well as handling thousands of applicant enquiries every year.You will be involved in screening and processing applications, maintaining and updating student records and liaising with other departments within the University in order to helpfully and accurately respond to enquiries from prospective students.This post is full time (35 hours per week) and you will be expected to work on-campus for at least 40% of your working week. We are open to considering flexible working patterns.Informal enquiries are welcomed and can be addressed to Kirsten Hutchison atThis post would also suit an existing University of Edinburgh staff member who is looking for a secondment to broaden their experience and knowledge of the institution.Your skills and attributes for successAdmissions Administrators play an important role in enhancing communication with applicants, enquirers and other stakeholders through all stages of the application cycle and therefore having experience of working in a professional and customer-focused environment is essential.You must enjoy working in a team environment within a busy customer-focused office and be able to work independently. Attention to detail, excellent communication skills, a friendly and enthusiastic approach to customer service as well as being highly organised with the ability to prioritise are essential.A full list of the main responsibilities and the knowledge, skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description – see link below.(opens new browser tab)As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of £24,533 – £27,181.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our r (opens new browser tab).Key dates to noteUnless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is a large and diverse part of the University. Led by Vice-Principal Professor Sarah Prescott, it has over 16,000 undergraduates, over 8,400 postgraduate taught students, 1,300 research students and more than 4,000 academic and professional services staff. The College incorporates 11 Schools (Business; Divinity; Economics; Edinburgh College of Art; Education; Health in Social Sciences; History, Classics and Archaeology; Law; Literature, Languages and Cultures; Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences; and Social and Political Science), the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and the Centre for Open Learning. The College is located on multiple sites across Edinburgh, with the majority of Schools and College Offices based close to the central George Square area. The College, which is recognised as one of the world’s leading centres for the arts, humanities and social sciences in research and teaching, has been growing and investing strongly in recent years.The College operates at the highest levels of international quality across a very wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences and submitted 1,130 staff across 20 Units of Assessment in the REF2021. The College achieved a superb result, combining a large-scale, broad and diverse submission with very high quality outcomes: 86% of our submission was assessed as being world-leading or internationally excellent. Of the 20 Units we led or joint led, two came first in the UK for breadth and quality (Sociology, and Anthropology & Development Studies). Thirteen were ranked in the top 5. We are incredibly proud of our research environment score, which achieved a remarkable 100% in the two top categories of world-leading and internationally excellent. This part of the assessment measures the ‘vitality and sustainability’ of the schools and research centres in which research and impact is supported. This is a wonderful recognition of collegial, supportive and inclusive research culture. Within CAHSS we celebrate the contribution all of our staff made to the REF – not just our researchers, but our technical and professional services, our postgraduate and early career researchers, and our students, all of whom contribute to our flourishing environment.

Expected salary

£24533 – 27181 per year

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:46:40 GMT

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