Job Title: Mandarin / English Support Officer – Belfast
Contract Type: Casual
Working Hours: 9am - 5:30pm, Monday to Friday
Location: Belfast (onsite)
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Job Overview:
A support officer is responsible for providing professional administration support and customer service to international students and managing the whole cycle of their applications.
The key tasks include but are not limited to:
* Share responsibility for the recruitment of international students and actively assist the team to achieve recruitment targets.
* Provide high quality after-sales consultation and customer service.
* Any and all administrative tasks involved in processing student applications. This includes helping students fill in application forms, forwarding them to the university, tracking their progress, and entering and updating the information in student files both on paper and in the office database.
* Liaise with universities and students to track students’ applications, arrange interviews, and field any general or specific enquiries as well as advocate on behalf of students.
* Provide support for the recruitment of international students and actively assist the team to achieve recruitment targets.
* Be available for ad hoc and regular company training where necessary and be prepared to deliver information sessions at regular company meetings. Also, be available for university information sessions and familiarisation trips.
* Maintain good communication with colleagues and keep the centre manager informed of application statuses or problems.
* From time-to-time undertake other relevant tasks as requested by the centre manager or the company.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:
* Have a university degree in any discipline.
* At least 1 year of administration working experience in the education industry.
* Have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Mandarin.
* Have excellent customer service and communication skills.
* Be responsible, mature, organised, and honest.
* Be a committed team player but also be dependable enough to work individually with minimum supervision.
* Be able to meet targets and deadlines and work well under pressure.
* Be able to demonstrate initiative to develop and improve services.
* The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK.
Job Types: Part-time, Zero hours contract, Graduate
Pay: £11.44 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 37.5 per week
Benefits:
* Casual dress
Schedule:
* Day shift
* Flexitime
* Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Belfast, BT2 8LA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
* Which visa are you holding? When is its expiry date?
Education:
* Bachelor's (required)
Experience:
* Administrative: 1 year (required)
Language:
* Mandarin (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 30/11/2024
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