Senior Admissions Officer

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid working with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office

Salary: Competitive pay rate

Company

hirify.global is a higher education provider delivering accessible, career-focused programmes from foundation level through postgraduate study in partnership with UK universities and awarding organisations.

What you will do

• Manage accurate and timely admissions decisions, reviews, sign-offs, enrolment activities, and student record updates across Levels 3 to 7.
• Assess UK and international qualifications and provide expert guidance on admissions regulations, qualification frameworks, and applicant suitability.
• Manage complex admissions cases and panels, including non-standard entry, Recognition of Prior Learning, Return to Study, appeals, and admissions-related reviews.
• Support UKVI compliance, audits, partner university reviews, regulatory inspections, and Office for Students requirements.
• Conduct applicant interviews and advise academic and professional services colleagues on admissions decisions.
• Contribute to admissions policy development, systems implementation, process improvement, and institutional development projects.

Requirements

• Significant experience in UK higher education admissions and enrolment.
• Experience assessing UK and international qualifications for foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes.
• Knowledge of UK higher education admissions regulations, sector best practice, and UKVI requirements and compliance considerations.
• Experience supporting quality assurance activities, audits, regulatory reviews, or compliance monitoring.
• Strong judgement, organisation, communication, attention to detail, IT, Microsoft Office, admissions system, student record system, or CRM skills.
• Successful applicants must complete criminal records, reference, identity, right-to-work, and education verification checks.

Nice to have

• Experience with non-standard entry, Recognition of Prior Learning, Return to Study, and admissions appeals.
• Experience developing admissions policies, implementing systems, improving processes, or supporting change projects.
• Experience assessing overseas qualifications, analysing admissions data, producing reports, or mentoring colleagues.
• Knowledge of document verification, Office for Students environments, consumer protection, Degree Awarding Powers, and higher education quality assurance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a diverse higher education environment focused on widening participation and student support.
• Collaborate with academic schools, registry, student finance, recruitment, compliance, senior leadership, partner universities, and awarding bodies.
• Participate in staff development, mandatory training, performance review, and continuous improvement activities.
• Support equality, diversity, inclusion, confidentiality, safeguarding, information security, and regulatory compliance.