Admissions Officer - Team Lead Pg

We are looking for an enthusiastic and customer-focused Admissions Officer (Team Lead) 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 be team-lead to the Grade 4’s focused on PG Admissions to provide a professional, effective customer-focussed 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.

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

• Excellent communication (written & oral) and interpersonal skills

• Ability to take a leading role within a small team and exercise resource, judgement and initiative appropriately

• A minimum of four years experience of working in an administrative role with a high level of client contact

• Previous experience in Higher Education in postgraduate admissions administration including at least one full admissions cycle.

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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: £25,742-£29,605 (A revised salary range for this grade of £27,979 to £32,332 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
• 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)

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 18 th March 2024
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Interviews will be held on 2 nd April 2024.