Admissions Officer – Based at Preston
My career at Myerscough College – Inspiring Excellence
About the role
Myerscough College is specialised in its unique courses in education and has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Admissions Officer to join our dynamic Student Admissions team!
This position is well suited to an individual who is passionate about education and advising our applicants on the next step of their journey - does this sound like you?
As part of the Admissions Team, you will be the first point of contact for prospective students interested in our Apprenticeship courses, advising on our offer across all our College centres. You will also support colleagues in managing various application processes for the high number of exciting courses we have to offer at Myerscough College, whilst ensuring that the applicant journey through recruitment is a smooth transition from start to finish.
If you’re interested, apply today!
Why join us?
At Myerscough College and University Centre we have a nationally and internationally recognised Further Education, Higher Education, Adult Education and Apprenticeship provision. The Further Education provision is well established, the Higher Education provision has a well-recognised partnership with UCLan and the apprenticeship provision is operational nationally. We offer a rewarding and enjoyable working environment, where colleagues are inspired to make a positive difference to the educational experience and employability of our students. We are one of the top five largest land-based and sports colleges in the UK.
What We Offer:
We take care of our team just as we do our students. As an employee, you can enjoy a range of benefits, including:
- A generous holiday allowance of 31 days, plus bank holidays.
- Regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
- Hassle free onsite parking at our Preston Campus.
- An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide wellbeing support in moments of need.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, with a remarkable 20.2% employer contribution rate.
We are flexible working friendly and happy to discuss interest in flexible working.
Visit our website https://bit.ly/CareersAtMyerscough for the full list of excellent benefits our college offers.
Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.
Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.
The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.
This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.
As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.
- Hours
- 37 Hours per week
- Department
- Student Admissions
- Location
- Myerscough College (Preston)
- Salary
- £22,378 to £24,833 per annum
- Reference No
- AOP-154
- Closing Date
- Monday 15 April 2024