Admissions and Student Recruitment Coordinator

Admissions and Student Recruitment Coordinator (851418)

The HaSS portfolio of Undergraduate taught programmes isdiverse, including full and part-time, with applicants applying viaUCAS and directly to us. We have ambitious recruitment targets for Home, RUK and International students and this role will be akey part of HaSS’s growth strategy and we seek to attract high quality, qualified students, complying with University policy and procedures and providing a timeous and exemplary customer service throughout the applicant journey.

This key post sits within the Undergraduate Admissions and Selection team, part of the wider HaSS Faculty International,Marketing & Student Recruitment team. The Undergraduate team’s remit is to manage admissions and recruitment for the faculty’s taught programmes, across full and part time.

The postholder will manage the full Undergraduate applicant journey from enquiry and pre-application, to selection and offer making and subsequent conversion activity, including offer acceptance, deposit payment and scholarship management tothe point of student registration for our broad range of applicants from Scotland, RUK and Internationally, with the aim of maximising recruitment, meeting and exceeding targets and student fee income.

Provide information, advice and guidance to prospective students by phone, email, online platforms, and where appropriate, in person.

Using the University-wide admissions system to assess received applications, evaluating the applicant’s ability to meet the existing entry requirements.

Process offers of study and unsuccessful decisions and record activity to communicate progress using agreed processes and procedures.

Ensure working knowledge of University admissions andrecruitment policies.

Ensure compliance with external bodies related to admissions,i.e. UKVI.

Maintain working knowledge of external sources, such as forIELTs verification and ECCTIS, to support assessing applications.

Assess qualification documents and references received insupport of offers of study.

Respond to enquiries from applicants at all stages of the applicant journey to support progress.

Build rapport with applicants, where the Faculty requires increased student numbers, to encourage registrations.

Proactively promote the Faculty’s portfolio of scholarships to relevant applicants.

Support University and Faculty led admissions and recruitment events such as open days and webinars.

Compile statistics and monitor progress towards student intake targets.

Continuously develop, improve and comply with standard operating procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency.

Undertake any duties appropriate to the grade within the scopeof the student recruitment, marketing and admissions team,including managing programmes across the portfolio outwith

Undergraduate including Postgraduate Taught. The post holder will be required to be flexible and adapt as priorities and responsibilities may shift from time to time as the faculty disciplines and the University, respond to challenges and changes in the higher education sector.

Initial interviews have been scheduled in late October 2026.

For informal enquiries, please contact

Shirley Darling,Senior Selection Manager (UG) at

Admissions and Student Recruitment Coordinator (851418)

Department:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences