Classifications
Student Recruitment Support Officer - Stratford
Department: Student Recruitment
Location: East London (Stratford)
Type of Contract: Permanent
About Us: GBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across ten campuses in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in finance, accounting, business, construction, tourism, healthcare – and more.
Our Vision: Changing Lives through Education
The Role: To support the development of Student Referral programme, assists events by offering support, encouragement, and advice to existing and prospective students. It mainly in-volves assisting applicants for student finance applications. The job involves student recruitment, administrative tasks, delivering presentations and organising student events. It includes engagement with Finance team in clearing invoices for students.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship!
Main Responsibilities
What the role involves:
- Support Student Recruitment team for administrative tasks.
- Help students in applying for their student referral award and liaise with finance team.
- Follow up on new student referrals, driving sales conversion by guiding about application and student finance process.
- Support the wider marketing, communications, and student recruitment team, identifying opportunities for performance improvements.
Requirements
Experience and Skills Required:
- Educated to a minimum Sixth form or equivalent
- Experience in higher education sales and student finance administration
- Highly motivated – a self starter with bags of initiative who gets things done
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence at all levels, internally and externally
- Delivery and deadline focussed
- Commercial – always looking to optimise value
- A commitment to equality and diversity
Other Information
What we offer:
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 public holidays
- 1-day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
- Workplace pension scheme
- Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
- Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Techscheme and much more
- Perks@Work discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more
- Reward and recognition programme
- £500 award employee referral scheme
- Discretionary annual performance bonus
“GBS has been a good place for professional growth. I have received great support from managers and colleagues who have encouraged me to develop new skills and take on more senior roles. Their mentorship has been invaluable to help me advance in my career.”
— Barbara Vargas (Professional Services Employee)
GBS is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. We take our core values seriously and work hard to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed.
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