Senior Admissions Officer (Postgraduate) London, England
Job description
About us
The Graduate Admissions team is responsible for all admissions to UCL’s graduate taught, research and affiliate programmes. It handles approximately 97,000 applications per cycle and is responsible for admitting approximately 18,500 students in each academic year. The Admissions function is critical in ensuring that UCL secures the desired number of students to meet UCL’s aspirations in terms of securing and maintaining a well-qualified, balanced student body and associated tuition fee income.
About the role
We are looking to recruit a Senior Admissions Officer to work in our central admissions team, which manages applications to postgraduate programmes across UCL. Duties will include: key aspects of graduate admissions administration; the management of a team of admissions staff; agreeing selection criteria with academic colleagues; assessing and making selection decisions on applications against agreed criteria; reviewing complex fee status cases; and preparing documentation to support applicants applying for a visa through the UK Visas & Immigration points based immigration system.
About you
The successful candidate will have experience of admissions in a higher education setting. The appointee will have excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure. The nature of the work requires an individual with good interpersonal skills who are able to successfully work in a team. We are operating hybrid working and you will have the opportunity to work remotely for up to 4 days a week. The UCL Ways of Working for professional services supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please see www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more. This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a tier 2 certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation.Therefore UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role. We will consider applications to work on a flexible basis wherever possible. This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; people with disabilities people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
