About the Role
This role supports the delivery of applicant admissions interview activity across the University during a period of significant growth. It is a key operational role providing dedicated administrative support to ensure the smooth, efficient, and compliant running of the interview process at an institutional level.
Responsibilities
- Coordinating interview schedules
- Managing academic staff rotas
- Acting as a central point of contact for all academic admissions interview-related activity
- Collaborating with academic teams, Business Development, and wider professional services to manage demand, respond to changes, and maintain a high-quality candidate experience
- Supporting the ongoing delivery and continuous improvement of the interview process
- Ensuring that systems, communications, and processes remain effective at scale
- Supporting training coordination
- Monitoring activity
- Helping to maintain consistency and quality across all interview delivery
Requirements
- Experience of working in an administrative role within a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities and tight deadlines
- Experience of coordinating high-volume processes such as scheduling, bookings, interviews, or events
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and providing clear, professional communication across teams
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan, prioritise, and manage workloads effectively
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail when maintaining records, schedules, and administrative data
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently, use initiative, and adapt quickly to changing priorities or last-minute changes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (including Outlook, Excel, and Teams)
- Experience of using shared systems such as SharePoint or similar platforms
- Experience working within a higher education, admissions, or recruitment environment (Desirable)
- Experience supporting interview processes, assessment centres, or large-scale coordination activities (Desirable)
Skills
- Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Teams)
- SharePoint or similar platforms
- Clear, professional communication
- Organisational skills
- Planning
- Prioritisation
- Workload management
- Accuracy
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Independent work
- Initiative
- Adaptability
Location
- Remote
- UK campuses (minimum travel required)
Work Type
- 9 Month Fixed Term Contract
- 18.5 Hours per week
- Remote working arrangement
Experience Level
- Administrative role experience
- Experience coordinating high-volume processes
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders
Salary/Compensations
- £26500 - £28000 per annum
Benefits
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays
- Christmas closure
- Generous Aviva pension plan (company contributions starting from 7%)
- BUPA Cash Plan
- Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
- Access to Perkbox benefits
- Study any Arden course for free
- Discount for all family and friends on Arden courses
- Golden Ticket (gift anyone a free Arden education)
About the Company
- Arden University is an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through its passion for innovation and digital education.
- The vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
- The company is expanding into new disciplines, forging worldwide partnerships, and expanding its locations.
Equal Opportunity
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Arden University celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Recruitment and selection processes do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
- Actively welcome applications from all groups.
