Admissions Officer X3

**Direct Reporting Line**:
Head: Campus Deputy Head

**Varsity College** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa, and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

**The IIE Varsity College Sandton Campus** has vacancies for Admissions Officer X3.**
**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Student Application & Admission Administration**
- Collaborates with the campus Student Recruitment team to generate student **registration/admissions** related queries.
- Follows up with the Student Recruitment team for missing student information in order to finalise all student **registration/admissions** related queries.
- Evaluates student **registration/admissions** against the set admission criteria and communicates the appropriate outcomes.
- Liaises with the campus Student Recruitment team during the **registration/admissions** evaluation process and assessment.
- Escalates **registration/admissions** queries to the Senior Admission Officer or Admissions Manager.
- Liaises with the campus Student Recruitment team on the management of **registration/admissions** waitlists.
- Liaises with the campus Student Recruitment team on the management of declined **registration/admissions** and expired offers and the issuing of new offers of study.
- Documents management and issuance of appropriate **registration/admissions **letters.
- Determines conditions associated with student **registration/admissions **and follows up on them thereafter.
- Determines the eligibility of the admittees onto academic programmes.
- Tracks student **registration/admissions** through to registration.
- Reports on admission progress to the Senior Admission Officer.
- Adheres to established service level agreements of the admissions process set by the organisation.
- Works with the Finance department on finance related issues of admission.
- Works with the Senior Admission Officer to ensure admission compliance for the campus.
- Works with the Admissions Manager on national admission projects.
**Student Registration Administration**
- Checks pre-requisites for 1st to 2nd semester.
- Verifies registrations against the admission criteria.
- Checks the accuracy of student registration information on an ongoing basis.
- Manages the de-registration and transfer process, and thereafter sends to the Finance department for processing.
- Checks the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exception reports on a weekly basis.
- Follows up on all outstanding documentation and uploads once received.
- Determines eligibility and captures academic credits.
- Determines maximum completion time and credit load of such registrations.
- Allocates student grouping in line with campus scheduling requirements.
- Maintains student files for a period of two years before archiving the files in line with the data retention regulations of the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA).
- Ensures compliance of international students from a document perspective.
- Adheres to the International Student Policy/Procedure and updates reports regularly.
- Re-audits all registration files in line with the stipulated deadline for the Data Verification Report.
- Re-audits all registration files by the audit date stipulated by the Registrar, this would include the following; the South African Qualifications Authority SAQA / Universities South Africa (USAF) qualifications, study visas and all conditional acceptance - including remarks, international Students and all outstanding documentation.
- Tracks and monitors conditional admissions throughout the year such as one module outstanding / Universities South Africa (USAF) / South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) / combined National Senior Certificate (NSC ) / study visas and all other ad hoc conditional admissions.
- Adheres to the established service level agreements of the registration process set by the organisation.
- Drafts letters for current students such as; Proof of Registration letters, Travel letters, Medical Aid letters, Universities South Africa (USAF) letters, SAQA letters and Study Permit letters.
**Graduation**
- Determines eligibility of the graduation cohort including late graduation.
- Identifies and advises of any students who are graduating outside of their graduation year (exception graduates).
- Verifies student information for prospective graduates.
- Prepares Short Learning Programme (SLP) and Corporate offer certificates.
- Checks the graduation programme for sign off.
- Ensures that graduation timelines are met.
- Facilitates qualification certificate re-prints.
**Ticket Management**
- Processes assigned admission, graduation & registration tickets received via the student tickets system.
**Reports & Other**
- Facilitates continuous communication with