Admissions Selector (Undergraduate)

University of Bath; Bath; Vor Ort; GBP 23.000 - 29.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Cycle to work

Staff discounts

Professional development opportunities

Relocation allowance

Zusammenfassung

University of Bath is seeking an Admissions Selector (Undergraduate) to provide a high-quality experience for applicants throughout the UCAS process. You will assess applications, make offers or decisions, and verify fee status while maintaining accuracy and fairness.

You will engage with prospective students, parents, academic staff and external organisations, contributing to recruitment activities and occasional recruitment fair presence.

Qualifikationen

• A high standard of IT and administrative skills including the use of email and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to stay calm and work efficiently under pressure
• Effective communication skills to support applicants, parents/guardians, academic staff, external organisations, or other team members
• Confidence using databases and reporting tools
• Ability to work in a team and independently and manage workload according to priorities

Aufgaben

• Take ownership of a portfolio of courses and provide an outstanding experience for applicants throughout the application process
• Assess UCAS applications and make offers or Unsuccessful decisions
• Check decisions made by others and assess applicant fee status
• Support enquiries from prospective undergraduate students and their representatives
• Represent the Admissions Team at recruitment fairs and events

Jobbeschreibung

Admissions Selector (Undergraduate)

Joining our exciting and committed team you will play a key role in supporting prospective students and assessing their applications. In this highly collaborative role, you will have a great opportunity to support our next generation of students.

The Undergraduate Admissions Team is part of our large and diverse Student Recruitment & Admissions department, which includes also student recruitment, outreach, widening access, learning partnership and postgraduate teams. You will join a large group of colleagues with diverse roles and interests, with opportunities to develop understanding and experience across the wider team.

About The Role

Taking ownership of a portfolio of courses you will provide an outstanding experience for our applicants throughout their application process.

Assessing UCAS applications you will make and apply offers or unsuccessful decisions for these applicants in a fair, consistent, and transparent way. You will also be checking decisions made by other members of the team and assessing the fee status of applicants.

Strong organisation and prioritisation skills are essential to working in our fast-paced environment. You will also have strong interpersonal and communication skills, particularly when supporting enquiries from prospective undergraduate students and their representatives. You will also occasionally be involved in representing the Admissions Team and the University as part of student recruitment activities, including occasional attendance at recruitment fairs.

About You

With a background in administration and customer service, you will enjoy working in a dynamic environment where a high level of accuracy is key. Ideally, you will have worked within higher education admissions, however, if you have other relevant experience please apply. You will also have:

• A high standard of IT and administrative skills including the use of email and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc)
• Excellent attention to detail
• An ability to stay calm and work efficiently and accurately under pressure
• Effective communication skills, to adapt to supporting applicants, parents/guardians,, academic staff, external organisations, or other members of the team
• Confidence using databases and reporting tools
• The ability to work effectively in a team and independently, including managing your workload according to the team’s priorities

Further information

This is a full time, permanent position working 36.5 hours per week.

As with all members of our Undergraduate Admissions Team, a small amount of weekend working is required in June - October to support university open days and key results periods in August. The ability to take annual leave during August may also be limited.

For more information about this role please contact one of our UG Admissions Selection Officer's - Louisa Norris ([e-mail]) or Sophie Thal-Jantzen ([e-mail]).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

Benefits

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer.

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

Be Well at Bath

We’re Committed To Creating a Health-supporting Working Environment Where Everyone Can Thrive And Be At Their Best. We Offer a Range Of Resources To Enable You To Do That From Your First Day Here, Including

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath.

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Further Details

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Terms and Conditions of Employment

Right to Work in the UK:

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting:

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.