Admissions Officer - PG Focus

the-university-of-edinburgh - Edinburgh - BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom | 2024-08-23 22:59:00

UE05: £27,979.00 - £32,332.00 Per Annum.

CMVM / CMVM Admissions & Recruitment / College Office.

Open Ended Contract - Permanent.

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and customer-focused Admissions Officer to join our Admissions and Recruitment team. The office is responsible for the administrative management of Undergraduate and Postgraduate admissions to the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM). This role is responsible for the administrative management of postgraduate admissions to the College of Medicine, ensuring efficient and effective administration of the admissions cycle. The post-holder will provide customer-focused admissions service to postgraduate applicants and enquirers in the College and promote admissions procedures that are fair, transparent, efficient, and in accordance with University policy, as well as planning and anticipate provide a professional, effective customer-focused admissions service to postgraduate applicants and enquirers in the College, and to promote admissions procedures that are fair, transparent, efficient, and in accordance with University policy, as well as planning and anticipating the workflow of the team.

The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is currently undergoing a period of modernisation, and aspects of this role may evolve in line with the developing future vision for the College.  This is a particularly exciting time to join the team, and help contribute to the realisation of that vision.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and we are open to considering flexible working patterns. Under current arrangements, the post-holder may work fully on-campus or may choose to operate in a hybrid on-campus/off-campus working mode. As a minimum, the post-holder is expected to work 40% of their working hours on-campus and will be expected to attend other on-campus meetings and events as required.

The Opportunity:

You will be part of a small team in a busy, lively office admitting suitably qualified applicants to the College. The post holder will work closely with the Senior Admissions Officer-PG focus, CMVM Admissions and Recruitment Manager and other team members within admissions as well as others within the College, wider University and the NHS, to ensure a high-quality applicant experience and that the student number targets for the programme are realised.

The successful applicant will be efficient and customer-focused, with a proven ability to plan, prioritise and work using their own initiative and judgement to ensure that deadlines are met and have excellent communication skills and IT skills (particularly of the MS Office package). 

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• Educated to Higher level or equivalent (Desirable).

• Excellent communication (written & oral) and interpersonal skills

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an office environment, ideally where there was as a high level of client contact (Desirable).

• Ability to sustain a high standard of performance under pressure and when working to deadlines

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Application Process

Please upload your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required, and your motivation for applying for this post. Applications submitted without both documents will not be considered for interview.

Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications, feedback will only be provided to candidates interviewed.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect: 

  • A competitive salary of Grade UE05: £27,979-£32,332
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits. 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Monday, 26 August 2024.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

Interviews will be held in person the week beginning 16 September 2024. 

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 



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