Applications are invited for the post of Office Manager working across the busy Admissions Unit.
 
The successful post holder will manage a team of eight administrators in Admissions who provide administrative support across the areas of student recruitment and admissions: marketing, events, visitors, schools liaison, agent representatives, widening participation and access projects, summer programmes, admissions selection and conversion activities.

The post holder will also ensure the Admissions Leadership Team and the University’s Open Association and Extension Language Programmes are provided with administrative support.

A significant foci of the work in Admissions are activities related to external engagement with prospective students locally, nationally and internationally. This will therefore involve working with colleagues who travel extensively. The Admissions team aims to offer a helpful service, effectively represent the University ’brand’ and look after the reputation and perception of the University of St Andrews.

The successful post holder will hold the following key skills:

• Design and develop a small database with Microsoft Access
• Manipulation of Microsoft Word to create professional documents
• Create budgets and analyse data with Microsoft Excel
• Design and deliver a presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Use Microsoft Outlook to manage schedules, contacts, and email
• Prepare and understand financial reports
• Create diagrams and layouts with Microsoft Visio or other software programmes (such as Mindmaps etc.)

This post is fixed term for two years.

The University of St Andrews is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all, which is further demonstrated through its working on the Gender and Race Equality Charters and being awarded the Athena SWAN award for women in science, HR Excellence in Research Award and the LGBT Charter;  http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.  

Interview date: 11 December 2015

Please quote ref: CG1464SB

Closing date: 30 November 2015

Further Particulars: CG1464SB FPs.pdf

Admissions
Salary: £25,769 - £30,738 per annum
Start: 5 January 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter
Fixed term for 2 years