Our Mission

Coventry University Group is a global education group with a mission of Creating Better Futures. We are driven by our passionate belief in the transformational power of education and research to enable and empower our students, colleagues and partners and to improve the world around them. Our people are key to our success and each role contributes to the Group’s ongoing progress in communities around the world.

The Role

This role is based at the National Institute of Teaching & Education (NITE) Milton Keynes, MK5 8FR.

This is an exciting opportunity to join NITE as a Student Selection Officer supporting on the selection process for all Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) courses. Our international teacher training programmes are growing, so the role will especially focus on providing a professional and knowledgeable response to all enquiries and applications for these students, whilst ensuring that quality assurance processes are followed.

Reporting to the Student Selection Manager, you will oversee the operations and admissions process for our teacher training portfolio’s from enquiry through the application process and to enrolment, ensuring a customer focused service is provided. You will provide a professional and knowledgeable response to all enquires and support the successful recruitment to courses.

Our Successful Candidate

You will be educated to a good level of GCSE (grade C or above) in Maths and English. A-level or higher would be advantageous. Your employment background will be customer service focused and you will have previous experience of working in an office environment, performing a range of administrative tasks. Previous experience of working in an education setting or an educational organisation would be advantage.

You will have experience of processing information within pre-defined systems either manually or using IT systems, experience of Microsoft Office would be an advantage. You will also be able to demonstrate your ability to prioritse workloads and work to deadline.

Experience of stakeholder management with the ability to communicate with a range of people from suppliers and external contractors to students and academics is essential.

For an informal discussion about the role with NITE’s Head of Student Selection, Louisa Taylor, please email louisa.taylor@coventry.ac.uk

For more information on NITE please visit: www.coventry.ac.uk/nite

The Benefits

Along with a competitive salary we offer an industry leading Rewards and Benefits package which includes:

•    Excellent Employers Pension Contribution
•    30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays
•    New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 additional days
•    BUPA Cash Plan
•    50% off Tuition Fee’s for staff dependants
•    CU Reward Scheme – Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers
•    Cycle To Work scheme

Our Culture

As a global Education Group, equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded within the fabric of our organisation and are a key focus of our core values. We harness the power and potential of the diverse cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences of our students, colleagues, and partners to create opportunities for all.

Full Job Description & Person Specification

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