International Student Recruitment Assistant (Maternity Cover)

About the role

Would you like to become part of our team recruiting talented international students to a global top 10 university? Join Imperial’s International Student Recruitment Team and play a vital role in attracting the brightest talent from around the globe. As our International Student Recruitment Assistant, you’ll provide essential support to our international officers in their efforts to recruit exceptional students worldwide. Utilizing your excellent organizational and communication skills, you’ll manage a variety of administrative tasks, including acting as the first point of contact for prospective international students via visits, emails, and phone calls. You’ll also coordinate logistics such as freight deliveries, maintaining records, updating webpages, and assisting in organizing overseas trips and events. If you’re detail-oriented, proactive, and passionate about supporting students in their journey to higher education, we’d love to hear from you

What you would be doing

• Supporting organisation of overseas trips and events
• Acting as a first point of contact for prospective international students when they visit, email or phone the International Student Recruitment Team and to assist them in a timely and professional manner.
• To manage the shipment of freight and the relationship with freight suppliers, ensuring freight is coordinated in a timely manner (this will require some manual handling of freight)
• Raising purchase orders and invoices on behalf of the International Recruitment Team, researching new suppliers and ensuring the timely payment and recording of incoming and outgoing invoices.
• Updating the International Student Recruitment webpages with relevant content
• Supporting the administration of the Student Ambassador scheme and related activities including Unibuddy

What we are looking for

• An undergraduate level degree, or equivalent
• Knowledge of the structure and organisation of the UK higher education sector
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Experience of working as a flexible team member, who can also work independently
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to other cultures
• Experience of dealing positively with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
• Flexibility and a capacity to adapt to the changing demands of the job.
• Accuracy and attention to detail

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to work in a growing, dynamic and supportive team.
•  The ability to develop your skills working on a large variety of administrative tasks
• The opportunity to develop your career at a world-leading institution

Further information

This is a full time, fixed term position for 13 months available as a maternity cover based at the South Kensington and White City Campus.

A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for the successful candidate.

Should you require any further details about the role please contact:

Chloe McClean, Senior International Officer (South East Asia and Australasia);

c.mcclean@imperial.ac.uk

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

We reserve the right to close the advert prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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