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Admissions Officer

Job details
Posting date: 17 October 2024
Salary: £26,038 to £30,505 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 31 October 2024
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Remote working: On-site only
Company: University of Glasgow
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 156431

Summary

University Services
External Relations

Admissions Officer
Vacancy Ref: 156431
Salary: UofG, Grade 5, £26,038- £30,505 per annum

This post is open-ended (permanent) and full time (35 hours per week).

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 an exciting opportunity for an Admissions Officer to join the University's External Relations team.

As an Admissions Officer, you will work as part of a team 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. Admissions currently manages and supports interactions with approximately 100,000 applicants each year across UG, PGT, PGR, Collaborations and Partnerships.

You will facilitate initial application assessments, selection processes, decision making and recording all elements which relate to the contractual basis of offer, confirmation processes and CAS issuance. All processes will be carried out in line with institutional policy and all relevant legislative and compliance parameters. You will develop and build knowledge of pre and post HE academic qualification frameworks from key markets across the world, English Language qualifications and how we record and assess non-academic entry criteria, Fee Status and Immigration Status and develop your understanding of the legislative parameters that we use to define these statuses. You will also ensure that all documentation and data is accurate and complete in relation to the issue of Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (CAS).

You will operate to Service Level Agreements for the turnaround of application to offer and ensure that all processes and interactions are customer focused and delivered at within these service delivery parameters. The Admissions Officer will work closely with Officers, Senior Officers and Managers across Admissions, External Relations and other services to ensure that processes are managed with customer focus, in line with agreed KPIs and SLAs and with optimal use of systems and resources.

Closing date: 31 October 2024.

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