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Admissions Administrator
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,733 to £30,805 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0000021940 |
Summary
We are currently looking for an Admissions Administrator within our International Operations and Student Recruitment professional services directorate.
The Admissions team is responsible for ensuring an efficient, responsive, and fair admissions process for applicants, ensuring procedures are carried out in accordance with the requirements of external bodies such as UKVI, UCAS and the QAA Code of Practice framework. The team makes centralised decisions on undergraduate and postgraduate applications (UK/Overseas); manages the admissions process to meet student population targets; and plans and manages the annual clearing and confirmation operation.
The Role
One of your key roles will be to work in partnership with staff in Academic Schools, International Operations and Student Recruitment and other professional services to provide information and advice on admissions functions.
The Admissions Administrator will assist with all aspects of the admissions process, including the acknowledgement, recording, and monitoring of applications and, where appropriate arranging interviews to ensure that applications are processed in an efficient, effective, and transparent manner.
As well as processing all applications in accordance with agreed procedures, making centralised decisions on applications or referring queries to School staff as appropriate, you will also contribute to the annual clearing and confirmation operations to deliver an efficient and customer focused service to a high volume of enquirers and applicants.
You will also provide full support and advice to academic staff, students, applicants, and others, dealing with a wide range of enquiries about the professional admissions services provided by the University and acting as the first point of contact for these functions.
Additionally, you will have the opportunity to represent the admissions team at relevant events including Open Days and Offer Holder Visit Days.
What we’re looking for
• Demonstrable experience of working in a customer service environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, and data inputting skills
• Ability to work well in a team
• Self-motivating with the ability to use own initiative and prioritise workloads
Our Excellent Benefits Package
At ENU, we offer a great working environment where we support ambition, recognise achievement, and offer other excellent benefits including:
• Minimum of 41 days annual leave
• Employer pension contributions of 17.6%
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities
• Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to our benefits platform Vivup which includes huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers, health care discounts and Cycle to Work
Additional Information
Salary: £25,733 - £30,805 per annum
Closing Date: 11:59pm on 14 May
Interviews: 26 May
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role on the Skilled Worker visa route. International applicants will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
The Admissions team is responsible for ensuring an efficient, responsive, and fair admissions process for applicants, ensuring procedures are carried out in accordance with the requirements of external bodies such as UKVI, UCAS and the QAA Code of Practice framework. The team makes centralised decisions on undergraduate and postgraduate applications (UK/Overseas); manages the admissions process to meet student population targets; and plans and manages the annual clearing and confirmation operation.
The Role
One of your key roles will be to work in partnership with staff in Academic Schools, International Operations and Student Recruitment and other professional services to provide information and advice on admissions functions.
The Admissions Administrator will assist with all aspects of the admissions process, including the acknowledgement, recording, and monitoring of applications and, where appropriate arranging interviews to ensure that applications are processed in an efficient, effective, and transparent manner.
As well as processing all applications in accordance with agreed procedures, making centralised decisions on applications or referring queries to School staff as appropriate, you will also contribute to the annual clearing and confirmation operations to deliver an efficient and customer focused service to a high volume of enquirers and applicants.
You will also provide full support and advice to academic staff, students, applicants, and others, dealing with a wide range of enquiries about the professional admissions services provided by the University and acting as the first point of contact for these functions.
Additionally, you will have the opportunity to represent the admissions team at relevant events including Open Days and Offer Holder Visit Days.
What we’re looking for
• Demonstrable experience of working in a customer service environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, and data inputting skills
• Ability to work well in a team
• Self-motivating with the ability to use own initiative and prioritise workloads
Our Excellent Benefits Package
At ENU, we offer a great working environment where we support ambition, recognise achievement, and offer other excellent benefits including:
• Minimum of 41 days annual leave
• Employer pension contributions of 17.6%
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities
• Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to our benefits platform Vivup which includes huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers, health care discounts and Cycle to Work
Additional Information
Salary: £25,733 - £30,805 per annum
Closing Date: 11:59pm on 14 May
Interviews: 26 May
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role on the Skilled Worker visa route. International applicants will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.