Admission Officer - Sixth Form

Job Overview: 

University College Birmingham is opening a new Sixth Form Centre in September 2024 and seeking an Admissions Officer to support its operations and growth.

Delivering an excellent and seamless customer service experience to applicants, by responding to queries by phone, email, live chat, and other media forms is a key part of the role. Whilst focusing on sixth form applications, the post holder will be responsible for making decisions on applications to courses across the university’s growing portfolio, including college, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, across both home and international students.

We are looking for a candidate with a high level of administration and organisational skills, including the ability to multi-task to tight deadlines, ensuring enquiries and applications are dealt with in accordance with service level agreements. Good interpersonal skills to enable successful working with a variety of audiences is also required.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 26 days’ paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions – 20.9%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free on-site gym membership

Closing Date: Sunday 19 May 2024

Interview Dates: TBC

How to apply: Please click 'Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can download an application pack. 

Standard Information: UCB is an equal opportunities employer.

University College Birmingham is proud to have been voted top in the International category in the prestigious 2023 Whatuni Student Choice Awards. We were also awarded silver in the University of the Year category. The awards are voted for and by students showcasing the incredible relationships we foster here at University College Birmingham between Staff and Students. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating. 

University College Birmingham has a unique collaborative partnership with the University of Warwick - Ranked ninth in the 2024 Guardian League Tables and 67th in the World QS University Rankings 2024.

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