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About the Role

This is a hands-on admissions consulting and mentoring position where you will work one-to-one with students throughout the postgraduate application journey, helping them decide what and where to study, assess their competitiveness, strengthen their profile, develop an application strategy, and present their academic and professional experience convincingly. A significant part of the role involves providing detailed, substantive guidance on application materials, working closely with students on content, structure, academic narrative, programme fit, and positioning across multiple drafts.

Responsibilities

Develop an individual postgraduate admissions strategy for each student.
Assess students’ academic records, research, internships, professional experience and extracurricular activities.
Help students clarify what they should study.
Research and recommend appropriate Master’s programmes in the UK and US.
Develop ambitious but realistic university and programme lists.
Assess how competitive a student is for individual programmes.
Explain how different programmes and admissions committees are likely to evaluate a student's profile.
Identify weaknesses or gaps in a student's candidacy and recommend practical ways to address them.
Build strong one-to-one mentoring relationships with students.
Advise on academic development, course selection, further reading, independent academic work, research opportunities, internships, professional experience, relevant extracurricular activities, relationships with potential academic referees, GRE or GMAT preparation, and broader academic and career direction.
Meet students regularly, review their progress and adapt their strategy.
Provide detailed, hands-on advice on the content and positioning of students’ application materials, including Statements of Purpose, Personal Statements, CVs, supplementary essays, research proposals, and scholarship applications.
Work with students through multiple drafts and provide specific, actionable feedback.
Help students identify relevant experiences, decide what to emphasise, build a coherent narrative, articulate intellectual interests, explain their motivations, demonstrate programme fit, position experiences effectively, select appropriate evidence, address changes in academic direction, and improve the overall persuasiveness of the application.
Guide students through the complete postgraduate application process, including developing timelines, monitoring deadlines, understanding requirements, advising on referee selection, reviewing applications, and managing overlapping deadlines.
Prepare students for postgraduate admissions interviews through mock interviews and challenging discussions.

Requirements

A degree from a highly selective, globally leading university (Oxford, Cambridge, Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, or comparable institutions).
Approximately 3–5 years of directly relevant experience in postgraduate admissions consulting, university admissions advising or high-level education consulting.
Substantial experience supporting students applying to competitive Master’s programmes.
Strong knowledge of both UK and US postgraduate admissions.
Experience advising applicants targeting highly selective universities and programmes.
Ability to assess a student’s profile and form a clear independent view on programme suitability, application strategy, competitiveness, and areas for improvement.
Excellent written and spoken English.
Strong one-to-one mentoring skills.
Confidence to challenge ambitious students constructively.
Ability to explain complicated admissions decisions clearly.
Strong analytical reading skills.
Ability to give detailed, specific and actionable feedback on written applications.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Highly organised, reliable and detail-oriented.
Ability to manage multiple applications and deadlines simultaneously.
Ability to take ownership of individual student cases and work independently.

Skills

Admissions judgement
Communication
Mentoring
Analytical reading
Interpersonal skills
Organisation
Attention to detail
Strategic planning
Profile assessment
Application strategy development
Student mentoring
Application material guidance
Application management
Interview preparation

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

3-5 years

Education Level

Degree from a highly selective, globally leading university
Postgraduate degree advantageous

Salary/Compensations

£50,000–£65,000 base salary
Performance-based bonus

Benefits

Performance-based bonus
Professional development opportunities
Company pension
Other UK employee benefits

About the Company

Blue Education is a premium education and university admissions consultancy supporting ambitious students applying to leading universities in the UK, US and around the world.
They provide highly personalised university admissions guidance, academic mentoring and long-term educational planning.
Their team includes graduates and educators from Oxford, Cambridge, Ivy League and other world-leading universities.
They work with academically strong students seeking admission to highly competitive programmes.