Student Applications Officer

Applications only accepted through the Askham Bryan College website.

Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead.

We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.

We define the values and qualities that we require from our people using the Askham Bryan College DNA. Hardwired in to what we do, our DNA strands ensure that all colleagues are committed to delivering with purpose, taking ownership, building trust and always learning.

Our staff benefits include 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays, Local Government Pension Scheme/Teachers Pension Scheme, Staff Discounts, Colleague engagement days, Cycle to Work Scheme, ABC Awards (Staff Recognition Scheme), beautiful campuses and free on-site parking (York, Middlesbrough, Gateshead).

Are you passionate about providing excellent customer service and look for a way to support young people take the next steps on their educational journey? Do you want to work in a unique learning environment that boasts everything from a wildlife park to a working farm?

**Join Our Team at Askham Bryan College**

We’re looking for a Student Applications Officer with impeccable customer service and attention to detail to join our Marketing and Recruitment team. In this role, you will:
**Work as part of a tight-knit team**: You will work alongside the wider recruitment and marketing team to help deliver a fantastic recruitment journey to our prospective students.

**Develop processes**: You will work with the wider team and other departments to ensure that recruitment processes are efficient for both internal and external stakeholders.

**What We’re Looking For**:
**Experience**:You will bring with you experience of working in a customer service, admissions or other office environments where you have processed information using online systems.

**Team Player**: You will enjoy being an integral part of a team both within the immediate student recruitment and marketing team and as part of the wider college environment liaising with curriculum and other support departments.

**Enthusiasm and excellent customer service**: You will be friendly and approachable always willing to go the extra mile to support applicants at every step of their journey.

For Further information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

**Safeguarding Statement**

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.

Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:

- We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
- We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as “spent”. It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.

Note on “regulated activity”: You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:

- Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
- Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
- Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £23,733.00-£25,700.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Transport links

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 26/09/2024
Reference ID: NA610