Bursaries, Grants & Scholarship Assistant

Department: Student Experience - Registry Services
Salary: £29,642 - £36,348 per annum (Grade 3)
Reference: QMUL31409
Location: Whitechapel
Date posted: 1 February 2023
Closing date: 14 February 2023

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About the Role

The Bursaries, Grants and Scholarships team sits within Academic Registry and its purpose is to provide a student focused service to allocate various financial awards on behalf of Queen Mary, academic departments and external organisations.

Registry Services wishes to recruit a Bursaries, Grants and Scholarships Assistant to provide administrative support for the team in administering the Queen Mary Bursary Scheme and all other aspects of financial assistance available to students.

 About You

The ideal candidate will have experience in higher education administration and an understanding of the general student financial support routes available to students in higher education

About the Department

The Academic Registry is responsible for the maintenance of a student’s personal and academic record from the point of enrolment through to award, for the organisation and delivery of invigilated examinations, the distribution of the Queen Mary bursary and other approved scholarships, ensuring compliance with immigration rules and dealing with academic and regulatory queries from both students and academic colleagues.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at Department W, Mile End Road in London. It is full time, with an expected start date of February / March  2023. The starting salary will be grade 3, in the range of £29,642 - £36,348 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance. Please note that we advertise our salaries on a range to indicate the trajectory of progression that can be made. Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary range.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Lesley Green at [email protected]

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button below.

The closing date for applications is 14 February 2023.

Interviews are expected to be held in February 2023.

Further details and apply