Admissions Officer - Manchester, United Kingdom - Ambition Institute

Description

Description:

We're looking for someone with a good understanding of customer service delivery and best practice to join our Admissions team as Admissions Officer.

Please note:


We would like you to:

• Finding solutions for applicant problems and sharing best practice.

Working in a hybrid way, you'll be attached to either our
Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to an Admissions Senior Associate.

In line with our current ways of working, you'll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

We will provide full training to ensure you understand and can effectively communicate our programme content, key selling points and admissions criteria to applicants.

What's in it for you

• :
• Competitive annual salary
• Professional development for all staff
• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down' at the end of December/beginning of January
• Employer pension contribution of 11%
• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year's service
• Shared parental leave package
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
• Workfromhome technology package to support hybrid working
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

We don't expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
• You always have a great attitude so we "can do" for all our colleagues, partners and participants
• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact
• You want a career with a personcentred organisation with a cause at its heart.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
• You enjoy working in a fastmoving workplace, with a great support structure around you
• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
• Want flexibility in how you work splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

Applications will be considered for all office locations.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK.

Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.


About Ambition Institute:

At Ambition, we support teachers and school leaders at every stage in their careers, helping them to keep getting better.

For further information about us please take at look at our website: About Us - Why We Exist and What We Do | Ambition Institute


Our hiring process:


Stage 1:
Applied


Stage 2:
Shortlisting


Stage 3:
Interview


Stage 4:
Formal offer


Stage 5:
Hired