Admission Executive

Job description / Role

Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage the admissions processing of a portfolio of programmers in close liaison with academic departments, applying agreed criteria to make admissions decisions consistently and fairly.
- Handle telephone and email enquiries from prospective students, their parents, teachers and advisers independently and in a timely and professional manner.
- Process incoming applications for all degree programmers, checking qualifications, the validity of decisions and authenticity of results.
- Enter decisions and generate offers using the University Student Record system and other databases with the aim of 100% accuracy.
- Monitor the responses of applicants to decisions and provide data to Faculties and Departments on applicant status and workflow.
- Check and verify the fee classification of applicants.
- Ensure that correct procedures are followed when dealing with fraudulent applications, applicants with criminal convictions and underage applicants.
- Liaise regularly with both academic and administrative staff.

Requirements

Minimum Qualification
- At least a Bachelor's degree.
- Communication skills
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
- English language proficiency.
- Preferred Qualification
- Detail oriented, with strong written and editing skills.
- The use of computer programs and applications particularly MS Office Suite

Expected Skills/Rank/Experience
- 1 year of relevant experience

About the Company

Founded in 1976 by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, UAEU is a comprehensive, research-intensive university enrolling about 14,000 Emirati and international students. As the UAE’s flagship university, UAEU offers a full range of accredited, high-quality graduate and undergraduate programs through nine Colleges: Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Food and Agriculture; Humanities and Social Sciences; IT; Law; Medicine and Health Sciences; and Science. With a distinguished international faculty, state-of-the art new campus, and full range of student support services, UAEU offers a living-learning environment that is unmatched in the UAE.

As a research-intensive university of international stature, UAEU works with its partners in industry to provide research solutions to challenges faced by the nation, the region, and the world. The University has established research centers of strategic importance to the country and the region which are advancing knowledge in critical areas ranging from water resources to cancer treatments. UAEU is currently ranked the number one research university in the GCC, number two in the Arab World, and #370 globally.

UAEU’s academic programs have been developed in partnership with employers, so our graduates are in high demand. UAEU alumni hold key positions in industry, commerce, and government throughout the region. Our continuing investments in facilities, services, and staff ensure that UAEU will continue to serve as a model of innovation and excellence.