We are seeking an experienced admissions manager, widening access or student support professional for this key management role within our Undergraduate Admissions Team.

Managing our Admissions Progression Team, you will lead on admissions work supporting applicants from under-represented groups, non-traditional academic backgrounds and with sensitive individual circumstances, including:

• Play a lead role in the team's work to support our Access and Participation Plan, a key strategic commitment for the University
• Managing a small team delivering contextual admissions and mitigating circumstances processes
• Reviewing applicant cases involving complex circumstances, applying admissions principles to reach fair decisions for vulnerable students
• Liaising with colleagues across the University to deliver seamless processes for applicants and tailored recruitment activities
• Supporting the development of admissions policies, practices and criteria as a champion for under-represented groups

This role will work within the wider Undergraduate Admissions Team, which manages admissions to the University for over 40,000 applications through UCAS each year.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have existing experience working in admissions, student support or widening access in Higher Education. You will ideally:

• Have a strong understanding of the barriers facing applicants from under-represented group and a passion for finding innovative solutions to remove them
• Be experienced in managing competing priorities for a team across a busy portfolio of work
• Make confident decisions in complex situations based on evidence, experience, expertise
• Have a compassionate and empathetic approach to advising applicants and students dealing with difficult and sometimes disappointing challenges

Additional information

This is a permanent part time position working 29.20 hours per week but we can consider candidates offering between 21.90 and 29.20 hours per week.

For informal discussions relating to this role please contact David Howells, Head of Undergraduate Admissions at d.i.howells@bath.ac.uk

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you:

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work as well as following us and .

 

Closing Date: 15 Sep 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,249 to £45,413

The Undergraduate (UG) Admissions Team is part of our large and diverse Student Recruitment & Admissions department, which includes also student recruitment, outreach, widening access, learning partnership and postgraduate teams. You will join a large group of colleagues with diverse roles and interests, with opportunities to develop understanding and experience across the wider team.

About the role

Taking ownership of a portfolio of courses you will provide an outstanding experience for our applicants throughout their application process. Assessing UCAS applications you will make and apply offers or unsuccessful decisions for these applicants in a fair, consistent, and transparent way. You will also be checking decisions made by other members of the team and assessing the fee status of applicants.

Strong organisation and prioritisation skills are essential to working in our fast-paced environment. You will also occasionally be involved in representing the Admissions Team and the University as part of student recruitment activities, including occasional attendance at recruitment fairs.

About you

With a background in administration and customer service, you will enjoy working in a dynamic environment where a high level of accuracy is key. Ideally, you will have worked within higher education admissions, however, if you have other relevant experience please apply. You will also have:

• a high standard of IT and administrative skills including the use of email and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc)
• excellent attention to detail
• an ability to stay calm and work efficiently and accurately under pressure
• effective communication skills, to adapt to supporting applicants, parents/guardians,, academic staff, external organisations, or other members of the team
• confidence using databases and reporting tools
• the ability to work effectively in a team and independently, including managing your workload according to the team’s priorities

You will also have strong interpersonal and communication skills, particularly when supporting enquiries from prospective undergraduate students and their representatives. 

Further information

This is a full-time, permanent position working 36.5 hours per week.

As with all members of our Undergraduate Admissions Team, a small amount of weekend working is required in June - October to support university open days and key results periods in August. The ability to take annual leave during August may also be limited.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact either Sophie Thal-Jantzen (sgtj20@bath.ac.uk) or Andrew Eagleton-Mitchell (ae239@bath.ac.uk).

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 29 September and 30 September 2025.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work as well as following us and .

Closing Date: 08 Sep 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £26,707 to £30,378

Under the leadership of our new Vice-Chancellor and the appointment of a new PVC for Globalisation, we have set our sights on becoming a truly global institution with clear aspirations to strengthen our position in the QS Top 100.

About the role

We are looking to appoint a motivated individual to provide administrative and operational support for our busy International Student Recruitment office. This varied and interesting role will involve close liaison with professional service staff and academic colleagues across the University, external partners, as well as students. 

You will provide support on a range of work streams, in particular agent engagement, financial management and event logistics. You will also provide administrative support to the Head of the team. 

About you

You will

• have experience of working in a busy office environment where excellent communication skills are essential
• be an experienced user of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and will be willing to acquire further IT skills.

In addition, your strong organisational and administrative skills will allow you to manage multiple projects and work to tight deadlines.

Experience within the HE sector is desirable but not essential. However, an interest in the work of the International Student Recruitment team and a willingness to engage with our international students and partners is important to the role.

Further information

This is a permanent, full-time role, and we offer a hybrid working arrangement with the option of working from home for part of the week.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Louise Wood, Project Delivery Manager, at lca31@bath.ac.uk, however, please submit your application via the University website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work as well as following us and .

Closing Date: 08 Sep 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £26,707 to £30,378