Senior Events Coordinator (Graduations) for our Higher Education Students
Birmingham, QA Higher Education
Fulltime & Permanent Opportunity, Hybrid working
About our role: As Senior Student Relations Coordinator you will support with the delivery of student events and multiple graduations, dealing with various stakeholders within QAHE campuses and external venues.
You will work alongside a wider student relations team acting as the key point of contact for all events related activities for students and wider staff.
You will also handle a full range of student queries associated with awards, certificate and graduations.
Facilitating, supporting and encouraging student engagement in social activities and events.
Here’s a flavour of what’s involved: (training provided, click the link to read the full JD)
Encourage and positively promote student engagement in student-led activities and events providing supervision, training and support to equip student event organisers and volunteers with the skills to run successful activities.
Provide a professional level of administration and organisation of student events and graduation ceremonies throughout the academic year, whilst providing continued support to key stakeholders including external venue hire contact, catering companies & other support teams
To book graduation venues 9-12 months in advance, as well as booking in catering for graduation ceremonies.
Support with the day-to-day administration of QAHE’s graduation ceremonies through the academic year, including supporting students with booking tickets, packing degree certificates and providing support on ceremony days.
Receive and process events and graduation enquiries in a timely manner to contribute towards student experience.
To provide support to all existing and former (alumni) students including sorting and handing out certificates, arrange local and international postage of key documents, and verifying awards in liaison with the Registry team.
To ensure data/information relating to graduations on QAHE’s website is kept up to date.
To maintain accurate records with the graduation management data, and any other agreed supporting systems.
Bring your experience:
Practical experience of planning and delivering events
Ideally have experience of working in a student focused environment, preferably in further or higher education
Experience of responding to face-to-face, telephone and email enquiries
Self-motivated, with the ability to be proactive and take ownership.
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A little more about us:. QAHE is a private UK higher education provider working in partnership with universities, colleges and education specialists in the UK to recruit, market and deliver a range of programmes from foundation level to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. We currently teach over 2,000 students from all over the world, graduating over 800 students in 2016 and providing over 25,000 hours of teaching per year across five UK locations.
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Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place.
We look forward to hearing from you!
