Deputy Associate Director Global Admissions (Compliance) Ref: 44272

About the role

The Deputy Associate Director Global Admissions (Compliance) is a pivotal role within the new Admissions team structure. The post holder will be responsible for all aspects of Admissions compliance, at each stage of the admissions pipeline, including, though not limited to, CMA compliance, Scholarships guidelines, fair admissions practices and UKVI requirements. 

Through monitoring and implementing changes to processes, systems and culture they will ensure the University’s admissions is best in class, whilst delivering strategies to optimise student recruitment, ensuring the university admits a diverse cohort of students across its many programmes on a global basis. The post holder will provide monitoring and evaluation of the services which underpin the non-admissions application elements of a modern admissions service. This includes ensuring that the applicant journey at all stages is competitive and encourages conversion, while remaining compliant to the regulations which underpin Admissions.

The Deputy Associate Director of Global Admissions (Compliance) will build robust practices to ensure that people, processes and systems are in place and monitored for the University to achieve its recruitment objectives and targets. They will understand the changing admissions landscape and ensure that the University is best placed to respond to changes and developments in a proactive and agile manner.

About you

We’re looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking individual, who combines strong communication and people skills with a sound understanding of business process and data to provide supportive leadership to our high performing Admissions team.   

An experienced Admissions manager, you will have both a depth and breadth of experience in compliance management including both undergraduate and postgraduate teams and have an excellent understanding of systems, business processes and enhancement of UKVI compliance.

You will be someone who can draw on the skill set of our experienced Admissions team, stay on top of the changing policy environment whilst providing clear guidance in the compliance space to both the team and senior managers.   We’re also looking for a manager who is committed to ongoing staff development and can create development opportunities for staff to shine.

A self-starter who is comfortable with managing their own workload, you will be a team player who enjoys working as part of a creative and dynamic management team.

You will have a good deal of autonomy, managing a team of dedicated Admissions professionals, but will work closely with the Associate Director for Global Admissions and other Admissions colleagues to support the Director of Sussex Global and the Executive Director of CEA in ensuring a clear strategy, structure and operational plans are in place to support the achievement of targets.

You will be expected to provide regular reports to the Director of Sussex Global, UKVI Steering Group, Scholarship Advisory Group and on occasion, the University Executive Board.

About our Division

The CEA division is vital in contributing towards the success of Sussex. We work closely in partnership our academic schools and other learning institutions in the UK, and, internationally to attract the very best students we can. 
 
Our ideas matter, that is why we work and advise on Institutional Growth Strategies to support the University in achieving positive outcomes. The life-long relationships with our global alumni and friends enable many of the gifts which allow Sussex’s research to flourish.

Please find further information regarding the division at Communications, Engagement and Advancement: University of Sussex.

Why work here

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.  

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it’s our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that. 

Find out more about our reward and benefits package. 

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion. 

Further Key Information 

Please contact Ami Solomon, Associate Director Global Admissions: A.Solomon@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Eligibility

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The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.