Admissions Advisor

Located within Future Students, Communication and Marketing service, this is a busy role where you will have responsibility for reviewing applications and processing offer decisions for your own portfolio of courses.

Getting the right applicants enrolled onto the right courses is key to all activities undertaken by Future Students and this role is vital in achieving this as being knowledgeable about your courses and processing decisions in a timely manner is crucial in a competitive marketplace.

Alongside reviewing applications in line with our published course entry criteria and selection processes you will also be involved in Occupational Health (OH) and Criminal Convictions (DBS) checks, Confirmation of Acceptances for Studies checks, you will have the opportunity to represent the university at Open Days and UCAS Fairs, and you will act as a link and source of information for other professional services.

The Admissions roles will sit within the Recruitment and Admissions department, as part of the wider Future Students, Communication and Marketing service.

About you: We are looking for someone with strong customer service and data entry skills, excellent attention to detail with an enthusiastic commitment to enhancing the applicant experience. You should also possess excellent and proactive organisation skills.

We make use of a number of IT systems such as Microsoft Office, SITS (admissions database) and a number of external databases, so being comfortable with IT systems and being able to pick up new technologies is essential.

We are always keen to offer staff opportunities for training be it for professional or personal development and many previous post holders have used the knowledge gained in the team to move into other roles within Future Students or the wider UWE community.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus.

 Why UWE Bristol? 

We have a lot to be proud of at UWE, our achievements include scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we are ranked 24^th in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2023 and 39^th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.

In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

• A generous holiday allowance of 25 days (pro rata if part time)
• Up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
• Career average pension schemes available for all staff groups
• Access to employee assistance programme
• 1^st month free to our Centre for Sport facilities for all new starters
• Family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
• Onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.
• Retail savings via the Wider Wallet scheme
• Option to participate in the cycle to work scheme

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

Further information

This is a full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week and is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.

Interviews are planned for w/c 24^th April.

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