Job Description
Closing date: 23:59 Sunday 4th January 2026
Full-time, Permanent
This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. The successful candidate(s) will have to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK or be able to secure this through another means without the sponsorship of the University. Further information about sponsorship is available on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and highly valued Admissions and Enquiries Team, responsible for handling applications to almost all award-bearing courses to the university. The University of Reading has an ambitious vision for the future and our Future Students Department, situated within our External Relations Directorate, plays a key role in the university’s success.
As an Admissions Administrator you will facilitate admissions and support applicants, prospective applicants and their advisors throughout the admissions process, including responding to enquiries, assessing applications and processing admissions decisions.
You will have:
- Good administrative skills
- Ability to use IT systems and software appropriate to the role
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Willingness and ability to work effectively and accurately under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to work to guidelines and procedures
- Dedication to operational excellence and providing a high-quality admissions service
We know that our team are essential to our success and as such we value our staff highly. There are several benefits to working with us:
Hybrid working arrangements: we support hybrid working. Admissions Administrators can work from home three days a week if they wish, and we will provide all the technical equipment needed to do so.
Generous annual leave allowance: The University believes that it is important for all employees to balance their work and personal lives. We offer a generous entitlement of 21 days (increases to 25 days after 5 years in service) in addition to 8 bank holidays and 6 additional closure days at Christmas and Easter time each year when no staff are required to work.
A vibrant place to work: as a member of staff you will have access to a number of amenities across the University of Reading’s food outlets, restaurants, cafes and bars as well as a generously discounted membership at SportsPark which includes extensive indoor and outdoor sports facilities: https://sport.reading.ac.uk/membership/staff/
A diverse workforce: We know that we can only achieve our vision of being a world-class, forward-looking, confident, and ambitious university by recruiting, supporting, and developing staff from the widest variety of backgrounds. We have a proud history of diversity and inclusion and are working actively on several key initiatives to continue this: https://www.reading.ac.uk/diversity/
More information on the benefits of working at the University of Reading can be found here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/human-resources/working-life
Contact Name Bethany Lamplugh
Contact Job Title Admissions Officer
Contact Email address b.a.lamplugh@reading.ac.uk
Alternative Contact Name Samantha Drage
Alternative Contact Job Title Senior Admissions Manager
Alternative Contact Email address s.m.drage@reading.ac.uk
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 20th January 2026
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
