Overview
Job Title: International Recruitment Administrator
Salary: Commencing at £26,958 with progression to £28,541 per annum
About the Role
What You Will Do
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Act as the first point of contact for international recruitment enquiries via email, CRM and other channels.
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Manage administrative processes and record keeping for contracted agents, including oversight of the agent application portal, ensuring compliance with data protection and UKVI requirements.
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Maintain accurate databases of agents, schools and prospective students, using CRM systems and other tools.
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Support the delivery of training and engagement activity for agents and external partners.
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Regularly review and update international recruitment webpages, listings and online content to ensure accuracy and consistency.
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Support international recruitment events and activities, including recruitment fairs, Open Days and visits to campus.
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Coordinate visits for prospective students, parents, agents and schools, working with Student Ambassadors and internal teams.
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Assist with overseas recruitment trips, including event bookings, communications and logistics.
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Support conversion activity by contributing to targeted follow-up and engagement.
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Liaise with external marketing partners to ensure consistent branding and messaging.
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Provide administrative support for finance processes and data reporting.
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Work flexibly at times, including occasional evening or weekend activity.
About You
You will be an organised and proactive administrator who enjoys working in a fast-paced, international environment and delivering excellent customer service.
You will have:
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Experience working in a customer-facing or service environment.
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Strong administrative experience, with the ability to manage data accurately and confidentially.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
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Confidence using CRM systems and Microsoft Office tools (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams).
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The ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines.
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Cultural awareness and sensitivity when working with international students, agents and visitors.
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A collaborative approach and the ability to build positive working relationships.
It would be an advantage if you have experience within international recruitment, admissions, marketing or the higher education sector, or experience of living or working overseas or using another language.
Most importantly, you will share our values and demonstrate a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, safeguarding, professional standards and restorative practice.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.
We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions – Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
