Admissions Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £28,381 i £30,805 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Canterbury, Kent |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Canterbury Christ Church University |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | REQ05562 |
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Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.
Background
Admissions, including student visa compliance sits within the newly formed Student and Academic Services Directorate as part of the new Academic Registry and is responsible for delivering a high-quality service to enquirers, applicants, and other key stakeholders.
The team are responsible for:
Operating fair, transparent and responsive admissions and selection policies to deliver an excellent applicant experience.
Managing admissions processes to achieve student number recruitment targets
Providing professional leadership and advice on all admissions activities including to external partners that have delegated responsibility in these areas.
UKVI Compliance.
The Role
As an Admissions Officer you will joining join an outstanding team responsible for managing a portfolio of applications from across our undergraduate, postgraduate or partnership provision. The post holder will provide a professional admissions service, involving the receipt, scrutiny and processing of all applications relating to the assigned University audience, and assessing them in relation to agreed criteria and timescales.
The Person
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate outstanding customer service skills and can contribute to the wider team whilst working independently. You may already hold experience from an administrative background working as part of a team in an office environment. A high level of attention to detail and ability to identify priorities whilst managing a varied workload against competing deadlines are vital for this role. Likewise, you will have excellent communication skills, and empathy to engage with people, including those where English may not be their first language.
The postholder will be expected to quickly acquire and utilise knowledge of university and sector procedures, structures and regulatory frameworks.
If you are interested in working in this fast-paced applicant facing function within the Higher Education sector, we would recommend you apply.
How will you work?
We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible. We work in a hybrid way that ensures we are flexible to both business and individual needs and remain connected to each other and our campuses. In practice, this means a mix of days working in Canterbury alongside the flexible choice of working from home if that suits you. Occasionally, you may attend one of our other campuses.
How to apply
Start date for applications: 14 July 2025
Closing date for applications: 18 July 2025
Interviews are to be held: August 2025- TBC
If you require further information regarding the post, please feel free to contact Charlotte Lynsdale, Head of Applicant Experience (charlotte.lynsdale@canterbury.ac.uk ) quoting the job reference number listed above.
Additional Information
Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU
Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work
Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.
Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.
Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.
Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.
Background
Admissions, including student visa compliance sits within the newly formed Student and Academic Services Directorate as part of the new Academic Registry and is responsible for delivering a high-quality service to enquirers, applicants, and other key stakeholders.
The team are responsible for:
Operating fair, transparent and responsive admissions and selection policies to deliver an excellent applicant experience.
Managing admissions processes to achieve student number recruitment targets
Providing professional leadership and advice on all admissions activities including to external partners that have delegated responsibility in these areas.
UKVI Compliance.
The Role
As an Admissions Officer you will joining join an outstanding team responsible for managing a portfolio of applications from across our undergraduate, postgraduate or partnership provision. The post holder will provide a professional admissions service, involving the receipt, scrutiny and processing of all applications relating to the assigned University audience, and assessing them in relation to agreed criteria and timescales.
The Person
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate outstanding customer service skills and can contribute to the wider team whilst working independently. You may already hold experience from an administrative background working as part of a team in an office environment. A high level of attention to detail and ability to identify priorities whilst managing a varied workload against competing deadlines are vital for this role. Likewise, you will have excellent communication skills, and empathy to engage with people, including those where English may not be their first language.
The postholder will be expected to quickly acquire and utilise knowledge of university and sector procedures, structures and regulatory frameworks.
If you are interested in working in this fast-paced applicant facing function within the Higher Education sector, we would recommend you apply.
How will you work?
We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible. We work in a hybrid way that ensures we are flexible to both business and individual needs and remain connected to each other and our campuses. In practice, this means a mix of days working in Canterbury alongside the flexible choice of working from home if that suits you. Occasionally, you may attend one of our other campuses.
How to apply
Start date for applications: 14 July 2025
Closing date for applications: 18 July 2025
Interviews are to be held: August 2025- TBC
If you require further information regarding the post, please feel free to contact Charlotte Lynsdale, Head of Applicant Experience (charlotte.lynsdale@canterbury.ac.uk ) quoting the job reference number listed above.
Additional Information
Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU
Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work
Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.
Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.
Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.
Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.