Department: School of Biological & Behavioural SciencesSalary: £38,165 - £44,722 per annum (Grade 4)Reference: 2197Location: Mile EndDate posted: 3 May 2024Closing date: 19 May 2024
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About the Role
We are seeking to recruit a candidate who has experience in the delivery of student recruitment and admissions processes. The post is based in the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS). The post-holder will work with the SBBS Director of Admissions, the Central admissions team and the wider External Relations Directorate and will be responsible for the recruitment and admissions process for the Undergraduate degree programmes across SBBS, which has more than 6000 applications each year and a combined intake of +650 students every year. The post is fixed-term for up to 12 months and can be offered as as Secondment opportunity to internal staff, subject to current Line Manager approval.
About You
You should have experience of working in Higher Education or a similar large and complex organisation, have excellent communication skills with the ability to present to large groups in an engaging and informative manner, and to build a rapport with a wide range of people, including school children and their parents/carers. You should also have good numerical and analytical skills to be able to track/report on admissions statistics as well as good IT skills, with knowledge of the MS Office suite.
About the School
The School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences is one of five Schools in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. It is one of the largest Schools at Queen Mary University of London, with approximately 1800 students and over 100 academic staff members, who carry out excellent education, research and public engagement activities, with support from c25 administrative staff and c30 technical staff.
About Queen Mary At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers. Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form. Benefits In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities. Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.