At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide top-notch customer service and admin support for students and the college.
- Company: Join a supportive college community dedicated to student success.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous holidays, gym membership, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible working hours and a vibrant campus environment await you.
- Why this job: Make a difference in students' lives while gaining valuable experience.
- Qualifications: Level three qualification and strong customer service skills required.
The predicted salary is between 18900 - 23100 £ per year.
To work flexibly to provide a comprehensive customer service and administrative function for the College.
Key Responsibilities
- To deliver a high standard of customer service and administrative support for the College in line with the service outline.
- To ensure that the Student and College Service is of a high quality and fully meets the needs of the customers.
- To promote the provision of the Student and College Service to all users.
- To develop and maintain the knowledge required to advise customers on elements of the service delivered (e.g. curriculum provision, financial support, DBS checks, learner eligibility for enrolment etc).
- To ensure the college switchboard is manned at all times and maintaining outstanding level of service.
- To monitor administration requests and complete timely.
- To assist the Assistant Principal for Vocational and Foundation Learning with the administration duties for Community Learning provision, including quality and compliance.
- Ensure continuous development and improvement of personal professional knowledge.
- Any other duties of a similar level of responsibility may be required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
- Educated to a minimum of level three qualification.
- Minimum of level two English and maths qualifications.
Experience
Essential Criteria
- Customer service skills and experience.
- Administration skills and experience.
- Experience of being multi-skilled and working flexibly in order to respond to changing priorities.
Specialist Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the college business (e.g. structure, curriculum).
- Knowledge of administrative, customer service and quality standards.
- Ability to work with learners and understand the issues facing different groups of learners.
- Knowledge of college systems and processes.
IT Skills
Essential Criteria
- Advanced user of Microsoft Office 365.
- Ability to use technology to generate information and improve efficiency.
About Hopwood Hall
STAFF BENEFITS
- Career average pension scheme.
- Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena.
- Purchase loans for computers and bikes.
- Staff discount at the Colleges Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs.
- On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus).
- Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance.
- Free on-site parking.
- On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed).
- An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site).
- A cycle to work scheme.
- Discounted public transport tickets.
- Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 35 days (From 1st August 2026) plus bank holidays Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays).
- Two Health and Wellbeing days per year.
- Subsidised bistro and refectory.
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester. We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies). This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Student Services Administrator employer: Hopwood Hall College
Hopwood Hall College is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work culture that prioritises the professional development of its staff. Located in Middleton, the college provides unique opportunities for growth through innovative teaching methods and engagement with a diverse student body, making it a rewarding place to inspire the next generation of carpenters and joiners.
