Student Assessment and Certification Officer

apartmentEdge Hill University placeOrmskirk calendar_month 

We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Academic Registry team as a Student Assessment and Certification Officer, you will be joining a high performing and collaborative team and work alongside departments and faculties across the University.

You will play a key role in the university’s graduation ceremonies, which are a flagship event in the university calendar, giving you the chance to support students as they celebrate their achievements.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

Production of award certificates, coordinate the dispatch of award certificates including supervising staff who provide support in this area

Uphold the University’s regulations governing the production, storage and disposal of certification

To fulfil a senior role during the institutional graduation ceremonies, including acting as a lead usher during the ceremony periods

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Nicola Breeze, Event Manager (Award Ceremonies) at Nicola.Breeze@edgehill.ac.uk.

About You

As Student Assessment and Certification Officer you will:

Be an experienced administrator
Hold great self-motivation
Be highly organised
Be able to work effectively under pressure
Have the ability to work independently and deliver to a high service standard
Be an excellent team player

Hold high attentional to detail

Internal staff wishing to apply for a fixed term role as a secondment opportunity must discuss this with their existing line manager before applying.

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & Benefits
A minimum of 36 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
Free foreign language, and Sign Language evening classes

Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities

Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and as health & wellbeing resources
A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

About Us

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world.

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.

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