Job Description

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Professional Services

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Outreach, Recruitment and Marketing

Salary:

30,805 to 33,482 per annum

Post Type:

Full Time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Closing Date:

Saturday 13 December 2025

Interview Date:

Friday 19 December 2025

Reference:

HR0192152-1


This job is only available to University of Bradford staff. It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.

University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last two years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Safeguarding

The University of Bradford is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and Adults at Risk through robust safer recruitment practices.

Faculty

The University is looking to appoint an Admissions Office who will play a pivotal role in the processing of undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and apprenticeship applications. You will be expected to build excellent working relationships with relevant academic and administrative staff and to ensure that all offers made to applicants are in line with university policy.

What you will be doing:

To act as the primary contact for the designated academic area/s for all aspects of the admissions process and to ensure an effective and productive working relationship with academic and administrative colleagues. To make and format decisions for entry to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in line with agreed criteria and timescales. To conduct fee assessments on applications. To liaise with partner institutions and those responsible for partnerships within the University to offer advice and guidance and ensure that all partner admissions are dealt with in line with best practice and the University Admissions Policy. To deal with queries from enquirers and applicants for designated courses and provide advice and guidance by email, over the telephone and face to face as appropriate. To play a key role in the management and activity of the Confirmation and Clearing period, and to assist the Associate Director (Recruitment Operations) in the organisation as required.

Qualifications/ experience:

GCSE English and Maths or equivalent (or equivalent experience). Experience of HE Admissions. Significant experience of HE administration and using student IT systems. Experience of dealing with a wide range of people, identifying and resolving their queries in a professional manner. Relevant administrative experience in a busy office environment and working within a team. Ability to use Windows based software applications ie Excel, Word and E-mail Clear written and oral communication skills with the ability to understand, explain and give advice on processes and procedures. Drafting process and procedure documents. Dealing with non-standard customer queries and complaints. Ability to take responsibility for resolving complex administrative problems and issues. Ability to plan and organise own workload and manage conflicting deadlines without supervision. Accuracy and attention to detail. Ability to develop effective working relationships and contacts to generate and exchange information.

Do not meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Celebrating Diversity - The University of Bradford

Within the Admissions Team we value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.


At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

In Return we Offer:

25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas). Family-friendly policies Great campus facilities including: Unique fitness centre Eye clinic Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation, Counselling & mental health services On site nursery Food & drink outlets Generous employer contribution pension schemes - Universities Superannuation Scheme Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts

Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional Information:

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Sarah Waterhouse - Senior Admissions Officer on 01274 234365 & s.waterhouse4@bradord.ac.uk, we would love to hear from you.