Admissions Manager
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About us:
The King's community is dedicated to the service of society. King's Strategic Vision 2030 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.
King's Admissions Office welcome applications from students from all over the world and our purpose is to provide an efficient service that manages the application process from start to finish. The service we provide makes a significant impact to thousands of applicants lives every year and because of this our aim is to make that service as fair, inclusive and accessible as possible. We are central to developing a global and diverse student community and are proud to be a pivotal part of a student's journey at King's, often being the first point of interaction for applicants
We are part of the Global Student Recruitment and Admissions Directorate
About the role:
As one of the Admissions Managers within the King's Admissions Office, the post-holder will manage Senior Admissions Officers and have overall responsibility for specific areas within admissions. The Admissions Manager will be leading operations across these areas, developing best practice with other Admissions Managers and ensuring the provision of a high-quality service that supports the University's strategic objectives.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to work in support of our applicants, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in management and customer service. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in strategic planning, making data-driven decisions and stakeholder management.
We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.
This is a full time role and you will be offered an indefinite contract
About you:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative information and data, identify trends to support decision making or for inclusion in reports, which are accessible to the intended audience.
2. Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and distribute information clearly, including change management and respond positively to new challenges
3. Experience of successfully managing staff, preferably within a higher education context, including strong performance management and developmental needs against set objectives and policies.
4. Being proactive in planning and prioritising multiple, competing projects and processes, with the ability to manage own workload and that of the team in a fast-changing environment to meet challenging and changing deadlines
5. Excellent organisational and time management skills
6. Demonstrating high professional standards, maintaining confidentiality and acting with integrity.
7. Commitment to delivering a quality customer-focused experience to applicants by identifying opportunities for operational improvements and leading on the delivery of these improvements
8. Experience of successful stakeholder management, working with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional manner and maintaining productive professional relationships.
Desirable criteria
1. Experience of working within UK Admissions, with a proven track record of success.
2. Understanding and implementing UK admissions policy and procedures
Downloading a copy of our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Further information
At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.
The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.
We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.
When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.
We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.
To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.
Interviews are due to be held on W/C 18th May 2026