Student Advisor

**Job description**

**JOB TITLE**: Student Recruitment Advisor

**PAY/GRADE **£11.34 + Statutory holiday

**HOURS **Full time - Monday to Friday 8:30am - 17:00pm (4:30 Friday finish - Non term time position all year)

**LOCATION **Peterborough College

QRS are currently recruiting on behalf of Inspire Education Group for a Student Recruitment Advisor to work at Peterborough college.

**Benefits of working with IEG**
- Opportunities to develop.
- IEG permanent contracts potentially on offer
- Safe and secure place to work.
- Enabled a good work/life balance.
- Ideal for people with school age children
- Access to IEG Benefits portal
- Staff are approachable and friendly - strong team
- Free on-site parking

**Job Details**:
To contribute effectively to the student admission experience by being on call to support queries across multiple areas within the department. You will have responsibilities within the areas such as Student recruitment, student guidance, bursary, transport, enrolment, and onboarding.

This is a customer facing role which will require you to be a support service for current and potential new students.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Undertake all student recruitment and admissions activity in a way which ensures maximised student recruitment in a timely manner by providing an outstanding customer experience, treating all incoming enquiries as potential enrolments.
- Take part in student recruitment activities including open days, welcome days, parents’ evenings etc
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with the careers team to ensure information provided to customers is the highest possible standard and accuracy.
- Support and assist the College with preparation for various external awards, audits, and accreditations such as Matrix and Career Mark
- Administer and process student financial support mechanisms including all bursaries and free college meals to ensure support mechanisms are promoted and that eligible students receive the correct funding.
- Support all applicants and college departments with all elements of the onboarding and enrolment process - this will include all forms of general admin support and processing enrolments for part time courses to provide an outstanding onboarding experience for all IEG applicants.

**Person Specifications**:

- Excellent communication skills including written and verbal English.
- Experience in a customer facing role (either telephone or face to face
- Passionate, empathetic nature to be able to support students effectively.
- Resilient, dedicated approach to work
- Able to work full time hours

For this role, we are looking for someone with a helpful, and kind-hearted nature with brilliant communication skills - qualifications are a bonus, but not a requirement.

QRS promotes equal rights and is an employment business under The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. Work is undertaken on a self-employed basis under contract with QRS. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for all QRS assignments. All positions advertised by QRS comply with the Agency Workers Regulations 2010

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £11.34 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Peterborough, PE1 4DZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person