Admissions Officer

The challenges humanity is facing aren’t the stuff of dystopia, science fiction, or textbooks. They’re happening today – and they’ve never been more complex and interconnected. Yet our higher education system is still structured in silos, leaving graduates ill-equipped to tackle the complexity that surrounds them. The next generation is now demanding to learn in a different way. That’s where The London Interdisciplinary School comes in. LIS is a start-up university that equips learners with an interdisciplinary toolkit to tackle the complex, real-world problems of the 21st century.

With a world-class faculty, three exceptional founding cohorts and close partnerships with global organisations such as McKinsey, KPMG and innocent, LIS is building a new type of education for those who want to shape the world, not just fit in. We are the first new UK education institution for 50 years to have full degree-awarding power since inception, and offer undergraduate, masters, as well as professional development programmes that take a ground-breaking interdisciplinary approach to education.

Role Summary

The purpose of this role is to enable the selection and onboarding of students to the LIS suite of programmes (BASc, MASc, LIS MBA, and professional courses). The skills you will develop in this role include project management, customer service, digital communications, organising data in our CRM systems and much more. You will learn from a diverse and experienced team, reporting directly to and working extremely closely with the Director of Recruitment and Admissions. You'll also be able to help shape the strategy as you go as we increase our core number of students, expand our international recruitment efforts, and grow our portfolio of programmes. This role also offers a great step into the life of start-ups.

LIS student admissions principles

• Rigorous - we will hold ourselves to high standards, ensuring we reflect LIS’s position as a high-quality, respected academic institution.
• Innovative - our admissions processes are as unique as LIS is as an institution. We do not do things simply because “that is the way they are done”.
• Inclusive - we select students on the basis of their ability to succeed at LIS and beyond, valuing a diverse range of perspectives in our community of problem solvers.
• Human centric – we will take an individualised approach to engagement, favouring personalised connection over automated outreach.

Requirements

As an organisation dedicated to learning and personal development, we value your attitude and willingness to learn rather than candidates that just tick every box. Even if you don’t feel that you meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply if this opportunity and our mission excites you.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Exceptional organisation and time management skills
• A very good eye for detail
• Experience in a similar administrative role an advantage
• A natural collaborator, working cross-functionally and with a range of stakeholders
• A self-starter, able to own your own work and developing new ways to enhance the service
• Comfortable promoting LIS and our programmes with potential students over the phone, Zoom/Teams and in-person
• Adaptable and comfortable with the fast-paced nature of a start-up environment where role requirements and structures may change to meet business needs
• Align deeply with LIS’s values: rigour, curiosity, courage, compassion, and meraki.

It is not required, but would be an advantage if you have any of:

• A good working knowledge of the core MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel); experience with the wider MS Office suite (Teams, Forms, Sharepoint)
• Experience working in Higher Education
• Experience of using CRM systems (such as Hubspot)

Notes

Role to include but not restricted to the tasks detailed here. LIS is a start-up and all employees may be asked to help out or get involved with different parts of MR&A or the organisation at any time.

Benefits

• £32,400-£35,000 salary
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Monthly fitness contribution and, on successful completion of your probationary period, option to join the company-sponsored health plan.
• Annual personal development contribution for external training/coaching
• The opportunity to join a mission-led, fast-growing organisation that is changing higher education