Admissions Officer

Turning Passion into Purpose. London South Bank University are excited to be recruiting for the post of Admissions Officer to join the Student Journey team. This department is responsible for the University's student recruitment, its reputation, and external relationships. It works to help define and raise brand awareness of LSBU among target audiences while aiming to attract the best prospective students to the University.

The role holder will be responsible for their own portfolio of programmes, ensuring consistent assessment of applications submitted. The role holder will provide a high level of customer service to applicants, make decisions on applications, short-list applicants for interview, implement the pre-CAS process for International students and work closely with key stakeholders including Admissions Tutors. Working efficiently and flexibly, the role plays a key part in the delivery of an excellent applicant experience and assisting the University to meet its student number targets by admitting suitably qualified applicants.

About You:

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Experience of working in a higher education institution, preferably including experience of the main clearing houses or University administration.
• Ability to understand, explain and apply complex procedures and regulations.
• Experience of solving problems, effectively and efficiently.
• Experience of working in a high-volume processing environment using complex databases
• A commitment to professionalism, collaborative working and the delivery of high service and client satisfaction levels, both internally and externally

The ideal candidate will be degree educated or the equivalent work experience, be highly motivated with attention to details and has an excellent organisation skill to deliver a professional, fair and efficient applicant experience to UK and International applicants, whilst providing the academic schools with advice on process and acting as the institutional repository for qualifications expertise.

Benefits and How to Apply:

As a leading Higher Education Institution LSBU offers staff a highly competitive benefits package including holiday entitlement starting at 26.5 days per annum, professional development opportunities and flexible working. Full details on the range of benefits we offer can be found here .

The person specification for this role alongside applicant guidance on what to submit within your application can be found within the candidate pack attached. Applications must be submitted via the "Apply Online" button below.

For an informal conversation ahead of applying please feel free to contact the hiring manager for this position, Sayuri Azuma – Admissions Manager ([email protected] ).

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Monday 27th May 2024.

Interview/assessment - week commencing 10th June 2024.

We are happy to talk flexible working and reasonable adjustments and aim to make our recruitment and selection process accessible to all, please contact us to discuss any support you need. The diversity of LSBU’s staff and students is a source of our strength and the richness of ideas and perspectives that this diversity brings makes LSBU a unique place to work.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the UKVI Skilled Worker route, more details on this can be found within the candidate pack.

If you have any questions related to your application or queries related to reasonable adjustments, please email the recruitment team [email protected]

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.