Are you a looking for an exciting opportunity in student admissions and administration? Do you have good organisational skills with excellent written and verbal communication with a focus on exceptional customer service? If so, Signature Recruitment are seeking an Admissions Officer to join our client, a prestigious London University. This full-time, temporary assignment has an immediate start and will run for five months. It offers a hybrid working structure with Tuesdays and Thursdays on campus and the balance working from home.
As an Admissions Officer, you will play a crucial role in providing support to the Student Admissions Team in running the selection process from November through to March. The post holder will support the Admissions Team in the day-to-day organisation and administration of UCAS applications and large volumes of interviews. This will include the technical aspects of the process as well as liaising with candidates and interviewers in order to ensure a smooth admission and interview process for the University.
Admissions Officer Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Admissions Team with the primary focus of evaluating undergraduate applications from UCAS
- Reviewing qualifications and personal statements, providing an outcome and recording notes of the process and decision making
- Managing Admissions Interview inbox, answering enquiries in a professional and timely manner
- Scheduling expert interviewers and candidates for interview slots, producing clear calendar invites and arranging interviewer payments as necessary
- Ensuring candidate UCAS files are uploaded onto the student files and populating spreadsheets with correct information about interview scheduling
- Other ad hoc duties to support the Admissions Team and wider University including liaising with Academic Tutors and Managers on complex admission cases
Admissions Officer Key Skills:
- A background in Higher Education and admissions, with a personable, proactive and strong customer service approach
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational, time management and multitasking abilities with a high attention to detail
- Highly proficient IT skills - good working knowledge of The Microsoft Suite particularly, Excel. An understanding of VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables is desirable
If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and you have good administrative and customer service skills, we encourage you to apply now!
While we aim to respond to every applicant, the volume of applications may result in delayed communication. If you do not receive a response within a week, your application may not have been successful on this occasion, but we will keep your details for potential future opportunities.
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