Admissions Operations Assistant

Admissions Operations Assistant

The University of Edinburgh - Student Recruitment and Admissions

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: 12 months

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an Admissions Operations Assistant to work with the University’s central admissions team on a wide range of activities that support prospective applicants to the University.

The SRA Admissions Policy and Strategic Projects team is responsible for supporting all aspects of admissions at the University of Edinburgh, in an ever-changing environment. We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team to help us in delivering major scheduled work such as Clearing and annual degree finder updates, as well as supporting the team with reactive project work which arises throughout the year. You will also support on-going activity including providing administration of committees, enquiries, Freedom of Information requests (FOIs), appeals, complaints and financial transactions.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• School education to Standard Grade/Nat 5/GCSE or equivalent, including a good pass in English and relevant experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good numeracy skills, and ability to work with and manipulate data
• An understanding of confidentiality, and data privacy requirements
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Interesting work
• Good salary/pay rates
• Hybrid working
• Variety every day
• Excellent benefits and support

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and fixed term, for a period of 12 months, in the first instance. We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.