Job Description

As an International Scholarships Administrator, you will take responsibility for the administration of scholarship scheme/s co-ordinated by the international recruitment team, including University diversification scholarships ('Global Futures') as well as the 'Great' and 'Women in STEM' scholarships in partnership with the British Council.


This role will entail working with Country managers within the International Office to: define terms and conditions for awards; develop scholarship application forms using Qualtrics or Microsoft Forms; assist with data cleansing prior to shortlisting; handling enquiries from and communicating outcomes to scholarship applicants, and monitoring scholars' academic performance.


This role will require considerable cross team working with colleagues in Admissions, the Student Data, Analysis and Records Team, Divisional Finance and Student Finance. This will also involve liaison with Faculty Admissions colleagues to ensure a joined-up approach to central and Faculty award allocations and close collaboration with country managers.


The post holder will require a high level of proficiency with Excel and should be comfortable with numerical analysis and Power BI. Strong coordination and time management skills are also essential to ensure that we adhere to the defined timelines and budget of the scholarship schemes. You will also be involved in reviewing the scheme annually to assess its efficacy and make recommendations for improvements.


You will work with the web team to ensure that the awards are promoted on the central web pages and respective country pages. You will handle enquiries from potential students in a timely and professional manner and will assist with developing marketing collateral from current scholars. This may include written and video testimonials or contribution to student panels.

Interviews will take place week commencing the 29th of September.

What you will get in return:

Fantastic market leading Pension scheme Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays Additional paid closure over the Christmas period Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.


Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here


Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV's submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dominic Jensen


Email: Dominic.jensen@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.