Assistant Admissions Administrator

We are advertising for an  Assistant Admissions Administrator within the Postgraduate Admissions Office (PAO), the office responsible for coordinating the admission of students to postgraduate courses at the University of Cambridge.

The role is an exciting opportunity to work in a supportive and busy team in a central University office that provides a key service to all departments and Colleges, as well as to applicants from all over the world.

About the Role

Assistant Admissions Administrators are part of the core PAO operations team.  They play a key role alongside Administrators and Senior Administrators in issuing conditional offers of admission, processing documents submitted by applicants as evidence to meet offer conditions, confirming applicants' admission once offer conditions are met; and completing processing for students requiring visas.

The Assistant Admissions Administrator will be responsible for a variety of tasks centered on data entry and analysis in databases and spreadsheets, document checking and verification, record keeping, and developing expertise in areas of higher education admissions.

The Assistant Admissions Administrator will work closely and collaboratively with other members of the team, and with colleagues across the University.

About you

The successful candidate will have good data entry and management skills, good document checking skills. They will have experience in following written process instructions and working independently balanced by an ability to collaborate and to solve problems.

Benefits of working at the University of Cambridge include

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave allowance;
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities;
• Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries);
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;
• Schemes to support with relocation / the provision of accommodation.

Further information on the role can be found in the Further Particulars document. In your application, please tell us how you meet the criteria listed in the further particulars along with relevant examples. We will shortlist based on these criteria. Also, tell us why you want to join our team.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to: Michael Clegg, Policy and Compliance Manager - Email: Michael.Clegg@admin.cam.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is: 3rd August 2026

The interview date for the role is: 19th August 2026

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact SSCjobs@admin.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference AT47974 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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