Head of Admissions - Cambridge, United Kingdom - St Edmund's College

St Edmund's College

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3 weeks ago

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Head of Admissions

Permanent, Full time

£40,000 - £45,000

Cambridge, St Edmund's College - University of Cambridge
Are you ready to join a College who values and drives diversity, inclusion, and welcomes mature students from across the globe?

There are distinct cohorts of students (including postgraduates and undergraduates) across the College, each with a separate admissions process. The Head of Admissions will manage these admissions processes and liaise with appropriate committees and funding bodies.

This is a full-time role, with particularly intense commitment required for a number of weeks at key stages in the annual admission cycle, offset by quieter periods at other times of the academic year.

You can find a copy of the job description here, for a quick overview please see below:

Dealing with enquiries.
Assessing, meeting and interviewing applicants, providing feedback and offers.
Preparing materials for prospective applicants and Open Days.
Reporting to the College's Education and Learning Committee, Council and the Governing Body.
Formulate and moderate admissions and student recruitment policy with the senior team.
Liaising with other Colleges (for example, mature colleges or the acceptall colleges).
Liaise with the Bursar, Senior Tutor and other senior college officers to forecast student numbers.
Representing the College at relevant external University and collegiate committees and working groups.
Supporting offerholders and arranging offerholder events, including induction.
Assisting with the process for ATAS clearance and the sponsoring of student visas.
Respond to requests for admissions data, including from within the College, within the University and externally (for example through Freedom of Information requests)
Assessment of fee status.
Providing guidance to Directors of Studies with regard to admissions matters and working closely with them in the admissions rounds.
Discuss and implement additional arrangements for students of the Judge Business School and parttime students.
Meet with representatives of University Schools, Faculties and Departments
Monitor the Postgraduate Allocator
Liaising with the Cambridge Admissions Office (CAO), the Postgraduate Admissions Office (PAO), existing and potential donors, the Development Office and the Cambridge Trusts to attract and manage prematriculation funding for our students.
Formulating and securing approval for admissions policies and future strategic direction on undergraduate and postgraduate admissions in conjunction with the Senior Tutor, Director of Education, Education and Learning Committee and wider Governing Body.
Overseeing accurate record management and GDPR compliance on all aspects of College admissions activities (such as maintaining HEAT statistics).
Be an active member of the leadership team of the Tutorial Department.
Line management responsibility for the College's Student Outreach Officer.

They will be personable and will remain calm under pressure, with high emotional intelligence.

As a diverse and welcoming college the individual understand the importance of diversity and inclusion and will continuously advocate these values.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, we would s love to hear from you.

As well as a great salary and friendly team you will also receive:

Working daily allowance for food and drinks
Free car parking (where available)
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
Generous pension contributions
Discounts at restaurants, shops & more
Outdoor gym
Death in service benefits
Access to LinkedIn Learning & Business Disability Forum

*conditions apply.

About St Edmund's College
St Edmund's College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. Our vibrant student body is made up of around 420 post-graduates and 130 mature undergraduates.

With over 260 senior members - academics working at the cutting edge of their field or eminent members of their profession - and around 70 staff, you will be joining a dynamic and growing College with an ambitious vision for our role in shaping the future of higher education and collaborative research.

Salary:
£40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

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