Recruitment & Admissions Officer (part-time)

Who we’re looking for:

At SS&L we strive to provide excellent customer service, and as a member of the wider Business Development Team you will play a key role in ensuring we meet this goal. As part of the Front Door Team, you will play a key role in the recruitment of learners, ensuring customers are well informed and that their journey to the classroom is smooth and seamless.

As a Recruitment and Admissions Officer, you will play an active role in recruiting new learners to SS&L through relationships with school referral partners and other agencies. You will provide Careers Information, Advice and Guidance to prospective learners, ensuring their chosen career pathways are right for them. You will also be responsible for onboarding new learners onto their new courses. School engagement is key for this role and you will be required to attend a variety of school and careers events to raise awareness of SS&L courses available to learners in our region.

The customer experience for both internal and external customers is at the heart of this team, so flexibility, communication, organisation and being pro-active are essential qualities for this post.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Recruitment and Admissions Officer to support learners through the enrolment and onboarding journey, match candidates with suitable employment, and maintain relationships with key employer partners to support repeat business.

You will be a key member of the team, working closely with colleagues to support learners through the earliest stage of their journey. You will provide excellent customer service and learner experience prior to beginning on a course of study. You should have excellent interpersonal, personal organisation, and communication skills, work well with your own portfolio and have a keen desire to collaborate to create opportunities for learning. You will be part of a team taking an active lead in recruiting and onboarding apprenticeship learners. This role will also be responsible for managing apprenticeship vacancies on the Digital Apprenticeship Service including keeping employers informed of progress and outcomes.

In order to be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate how you are able to meet SS&L’s core values:

Why work for us:
We view our staff as an essential component in providing the very best learning opportunities and services to our learners and business partners. Here at SS&L, our aim is not just to provide the very best learning opportunities to all; we also want to offer the very best working opportunities for our staff.

If you choose to join our dedicated staff team, you will find that SS&L provides a supportive and well-balanced working environment in which we help our staff to develop and grow in their roles.

If you can offer us the qualities we’re looking for, we can offer you an excellent working environment where you will not only receive training and development opportunities, and excellent holiday and pension benefits, you will also be supporting the growth and development of the local communities in which we operate.

The benefits:
We’re pleased to be able to offer you:
• 29 days annual leave (pro rata) + bank holidays + up to 3 gifted Christmas days and a day off for your birthday
• Up to 2 paid volunteering days
• Flexible working and opportunity to work from home*
• Totum discount card
• .45p mileage rate**
• NEST Pension Scheme
• On-site parking at certain venues
• Contractual sick, maternity & paternity pay for up to one year (after qualifying period)
• Shared parental leave
• Continued Professional Development
• Supportive culture with elected staff directors
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme

*These opportunities will depend on the needs of the role.
**Rate change after 4000 miles p.a.

SS&L recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination

We welcome and encourage job applications from everyone

Join us and become a vital part of an organisation that supports the wellbeing and development of the region’s communities.

Find out more:
If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Jane Deane via jdeane@sslcic.co.uk

SS&L is committed to the protection of young people and vulnerable adults and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake a DBS check relevant to the role applied for
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974

How to apply:
Please find a detailed Job Description below and scroll down for the on-line application form.

Recruitment & Admissions Officer JD and PS Mar 26