Summer Associate – Admissions Assistant

Role: Summer Associate – Admissions Assistants x 4

Location: Group Wide – Kettering, Corby, Dunstable and Bedford

Salary: £12.21 per hour

Hours/Weeks: 30 hours per week

Contract Type: Sessional – Hourly Paid

About the role:

We are currently seeking 4 x Admissions Assistants (one role per campus) to join The Bedford College Group’s Customer Services department as a Summer Associate.

As an Admissions Assistant, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Overall Responsibilities – Support high-quality admissions and enrolment service during summer; ensure smooth applicant journey from data collection to final enrolment.
• Main Duties – Assist at enrolment events, provide excellent customer service, support team tasks, work flexibly across campuses, follow safeguarding procedures; collect and process applicant data, conduct pre-enrolment checks, update records, resolve queries, provide administrative support, implement improvements based on feedback.
• Team Collaboration – Work effectively within the Marketing, Communications & Student Recruitment Directorate, carry out other duties as directed.

About you:

• Qualifications – Good standard of education, including GCSE Maths and English (grades A-C) or equivalent.
• Experience – Administration role with targets and deadlines, busy customer-facing environment, client confidentiality and GDPR, working with diverse backgrounds.
• Skills – Good organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, collaborative work, friendly and welcoming communication, remaining calm and professional, excellent IT skills, quick learning of new processes, effective communication with stakeholders, promoting reputation, self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• Attributes – Professional behavior and appearance, willingness to travel to all campuses, flexible work patterns, responsibility for safeguarding welfare, maintaining appropriate relationships and boundaries.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: Week commencing 05 May 2025

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisationalVISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork – We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously – We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred – At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive – We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring – We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence – We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

What is an Associate?

Associates work on a short term basis as assigned. They teach or provide support services and they work with and are supported by core staff. As an Associate you will be issued with an Associate agreement, under this Agreement period you will be eligible to work on assignments offered to you. Typically an agreement runs from January to December and may be renewed thereafter.

Safeguarding our Students

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group’s policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

Documents

TBCG Ex-Offenders Policy.pdf

Admissions Assistant JD.docx