Head of Financial Reporting Risk and Control in London

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Head of Financial Reporting Risk and Control

Environment Agency Posted on 2022-11-23

Salary	£37,462 a year
Location	London
Type	Full-time

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Job Description

We are recruiting for an experienced Admissions Officer to join one of London »s leading Universities. If you have previous experience of Admissions, gained within a Higher Education institute, we »d love to hear from you!

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Undergraduate Admissions Operations

• Support the academic selection of UCAS applications. This will involve rejecting applications which do not satisfy Faculty admissions criteria; coordinating the referral of applications to a team of academic Admissions Tutors for consideration; reviewing offer recommendations made; linking reject decisions to an appropriate code and transmitting all decisions to UCAS via SITS.
• Administrative support to the National Admissions Test for Law, including matching test results with applications and ensuring that essays are suitably graded by Admissions Tutors.
• Determine the fee status of applicants in line with fee status legislation, requesting official documentation and additional information where necessary.
• Create Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) visa requests to all candidates who require a Tier 4 General Student Visa in line with UKVI requirements.
• Verify results to determine whether applicants have satisfied their offer conditions, including results received via UCAS and non-standard results forwarded directly by applicants.
• Work closely with the WP Officer to support the processing of WP and access applications and activities.
• Provide administrative support to the application process for bursaries.

Offer Holder and Open Days

• Coordinate language interviews for applicants on programmes.
• Represent the Faculty at Open Days.
• Coordinate Offer Holder Days (online and in-person), to include the following:
• Setting up links for online Offer Holder Days
• Recruiting a team of student helpers to assist with the running of each event
• Organising guest speakers.

Information & Advisory Service

• Provide a high-quality customer service to applicants and students enrolled on a programme involving study abroad, including the daily management of the Admissions inbox.
• In collaboration with others, ensure admissions recruitment and marketing resources are regularly reviewed and updated, including admissions webpages and prospectus information.
• Advise academic Admissions Tutors and senior stakeholders regarding admissions criteria, non-standard applications and UCAS regulations.
• Advise external stakeholders regarding application and selection processes including schools, UCAS, LNAT and partner institutions abroad.
• Student Induction: in collaboration with admissions and programme colleagues provide support to the preparation and delivery of communications, online resources and welcome events intended to support new students in their transition.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Experience of working in an administrative capacity within the Higher Education Sector.
• Experience of working in an Admissions role within the Higher Education sector.
• Knowledge of UK and international qualifications.
• Excellent IT skills, including knowledge of and evidence of experience using database packages, Excel, Word, web browsers, and email packages, with a willingness to learn about and use new software.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage a large and varied workload.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a conscientious approach to checking the accuracy of information.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex procedures and policy to a wide audience.
• The ability to confidently prioritise competing demands and changing objectives to meet specific deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills that enable the post holder to develop effective working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Gray & Associates is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract

Salary: From £16.36 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• LONDON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in LONDON

Company description:

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1995 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government »s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England