Operations Officer (fixed term)

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Nottingham University Business School
Location:  Jubilee Campus
Salary:  £23,736 to £26,608 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Closing Date:  Thursday 23 May 2024
Reference:  SOC172324

Nottingham University Business School is one of the UK’s leading business schools and a globally ranked centre for management education of the UK’s most successful universities. With approximately 200 staff, this dynamic Business School is committed to excellent research, teaching and strategy of research-led teaching is supported through close engagement with other Schools across the University, as well as with businesses in the public and private sector. Apart from its UK based operations, the Business School also delivers programmes at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China and the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Further information about the School is available at:  http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business .

The role is pivotal to meeting the School’s postgraduate student recruitment targets. In collaboration with others, they will

• Support the school’s application and decision making processes, including organise/attend the MSc and MBA recruitment open days, events in person and on-line, organise interviews and support other recruitment and conversion activities as required.
• Respond to detailed prospective student and applicant enquires, with respect to the programme and the admissions process, via emails, telephone and face to face, liaising with academic programme directors and Student Services, ISR, CELE, Accommodation the CAS team and Visa and Immigration. 

The post holder, on occasion, will be required to work outside normal office hours.

This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week), fixed-term post available until 28 February 2025.  Applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 29 hours per week).  Please specify in your application if you wish to work part-time and the number of preferred hours. 

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Elaine Kay email [email protected]. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Learn more about the university commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion .

We want you to succeed in our recruitment process and have published Candidate Guidance for you to access information and support on application and interview process.

We offer a range of benefits, visit Your Benefits website to learn what we can offer you.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe and we want to make your transition to living in the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page to find out more.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.

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