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Senior Admissions Officer

Posting date:	06 September 2024
Salary:	£32,332 to £36,024 per year
Additional salary information:	UofG Grade 6, £32,332 - £36,024 per annum.
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 September 2024
Location:	University of Glasgow
Remote working:	On-site only
Company:	University of Glasgow
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	154755

Summary

University Services
External Relations

Senior Admissions Officer
Vacancy Reference: 154755
Salary: UofG Grade 6, £32,332 - £36,024 per annum.

This post is full time (35 hours p/w) and open ended. Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.

The University of Glasgow has been changing the world for more than 573 years, and today we are one of the world's top 100 universities. We are delighted to have recently been awarded Scottish University of the Year by the Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, demonstrating that we are not only one of the best universities in the United Kingdom, but one of the best universities for the world. Our people have always been at the forefront of innovation, and our past achievements inspire our current world changers.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Admissions Officer to join the University’s External Relations.

In this role you will lead a team of Admissions officers with responsibility for managing admissions processes from point of application to enrolment for a range of specified programmes or applicant cohorts, in line with the admissions principles of fairness, consistency and transparency. You will develop processes in line with a leading applicant experience and ensuring excellent customer service is core to all team activities. Admissions currently manages and supports interactions with approximately 100,000 applicants each year across UG, PGT, PGR and Collaborations and Partnerships.

You will line manage team members to ensure that initial application assessments, selection processes, decision making and recording all elements which relate to the contractual basis of offer, confirmation processes and CAS issuance are executed in line with institutional policy and all relevant legislative and compliance parameters. You will be responsible for developing your direct reports in line with the Admissions core training programmes and ensure that all team members have competency across all processes in the applicant journey.

You will build and develop relationships with key stakeholders in the Academic Schools that you have responsibility for and ensure that all stakeholders are appropriately briefed on both in cycle progress and future Admissions developments.

Apply online at:
https://my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=154791

Closing Date: 22 September 2024

As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.
3 A flexible approach to working.
4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

We endorse the principles of Athena Swan https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/ and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.

We are investing in our organisation, and we will invest in you too. Please visit our website https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ for more information.

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