International Office Assistant - Campus Internship null

About the University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is renowned for its academic excellence, research impact, and commitment to providing a high-quality educational experience for students worldwide. The University of Leeds is recognized for its world-class research across various fields. It is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the UK. 

Your role

As an International Office Assistant, your main duties will include: 

• Being the first point of contact for inquiries and managing the team’s generic inboxes, responding to a wide range of inquiries from students, university colleagues, and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner, and liaising with colleagues and other teams as appropriate.
• Providing administrative support for partnership and sponsor-related activities.
• Providing support for student recruitment activities and representing the University at virtual events as required.
• Supporting the Link to Leeds scheme in recruiting and training ambassadors, allocating and briefing ambassadors on tasks, managing content on the external website, and updating internal resources for ambassadors.
• Helping to deliver the Link to Leeds plan within set deadlines, coordinating content creation, managing social media channels, facilitating events, and liaising with teams across the university to promote activities.
• Managing data collected through third-party lead capture, manipulating data as appropriate for upload to the CRM, for reporting and marketing purposes.
• Adapting to different activities and processes to provide support to the team with ad-hoc tasks as required.

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the post.

Training & development

As an International Office Assistant, you will: 

• Enhance your employability skills in a professional office environment in an organization recognized for its high quality of academic provision, commitment to excellence, and good practice
• Gain valuable experience working in the higher education sector with an international focus
• Develop key skills and experience for your CV, including teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills, initiative, organization, high-quality administration, and project development
• Access to courses run by the Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.

Compensation & benefits

What the University of Leeds offers in return:

• Salary: £23,700 - £25,138 per annum (depending upon experience)
• 26 days holiday 
• 16 Bank Holidays
• Generous pension scheme options 
• Life assurance. 
• Health and Wellbeing:
  • Discounted staff membership options at The Edge
  • The state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool
  • Sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development
• Access to:
  • On-site childcare
  • Shopping discounts
  • Travel schemes 

Career progression

This internship is designed to enhance your employability and as such you will develop key skills and experience for your CV.  As part of the program, interns get involved in many exciting projects while gaining new skills, and experience and offering support that organizations find invaluable.

Work-life balance

At the University of Leeds, the institution prioritizes your well-being and empowers you to strike a harmonious balance between your professional and personal life. A commitment to helping you achieve a work-life balance it offers flexible working opportunities and various working options. This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner and the institution is also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Culture & vibe

The University of Leeds' vibrant culture is shaped by its core values of academic excellence, community, integrity, and inclusiveness, fostering an environment of mutual respect, openness, and continuous improvement. Through its commitment to equity and diversity, the University of Leeds celebrates the unique perspectives of its diverse community members, ensuring equality of opportunity and fostering partnerships between staff and students that empower collective decision-making and collaboration in every aspect of university life.

About you

Qualifications and Skills:

Essential:

• A University of Leeds student intending to undertake this role as a placement year as part of their degree.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills, the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and work under pressure whilst delivering high-quality work with attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills combined with excellent customer service and cultural awareness to build/maintain effective relationships with a wide variety of audiences.
• An ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
• Creative with an ability to solve problems using initiative and an adaptable approach.

Desirable:

• Experience working with international students.
• Experience in office work and carrying out a range of clerical tasks.

How to apply

This role is only open to current undergraduate students at the University of Leeds. Only the respective students who are studying at the University of Leeds are supposed to apply.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page

• jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Org/AdditionalInfo.aspx?ref=CSINT1038
• leeds.ac.uk/alumni-volunteering/doc/internships-placements
• youtube.com/user/universityofleedsuk