Course Officer

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level), from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

Background

The City Law School is the first in London and the only in the University of London to educate students and practitioners at all stages of legal education. It has a professional education pedigree that dates back over 100 years. The School has made significant advances in both research and education and seeks to build upon that success to become one of the UK’s leading law schools as it takes advantage of the new regulatory landscape for legal education.

An opportunity has arisen for a Course Officer to join us on a fixed term contract for 12 months maternity cover. The postholder will be responsible for the Graduate Diploma in Law and Graduate Entry LLB degree programmes.

Responsibilities

The appointed Course Officer will report in to the Senior Course Officer and will be a key member of The City Law School Student and Academic Administration Services team. They will play an important role in providing a wide range of administrative services to academic staff and students, with a particular focus on GDL and GELLB. The successful candidate will manage the administration of admissions for the GDL and will also help coordinate and assist as necessary across other degree programmes within the School.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will be educated to A-Level standard or equivalent and have relevant experience of working in a busy customer focused environment; previous experience of working in Higher Education and admissions is preferred. They should be confident in the use of IT systems, including MS office packages, spreadsheets and databases. Experience of Moodle and knowledge of student records systems (particularly SITS) is highly desirable. The successful candidate will have well-developed verbal and written communication skills and committed to delivering high quality services to students and staff.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Start date: Monday, 12 June 2023.

Closing date: 10 April 2023 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday, 26 April 2023 between 9:00am and 4:00pm.

City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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