Student Funding Administrator at City College Plymouth

Part Time | Permanent | £21,437 Per Annum (Pro Rata of £26,440 Per Annum)

Who we are

Winner of the Best Place to Work at the Tech South West Awards 2025, City College Plymouth offers a culture the College is proud of. Our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity help create an environment that supports a passion for teaching and learning. These values guide our work as we enrich our community through knowledge, experience and skills so every student can achieve their best.

As one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, City College Plymouth is entering a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We take pride in offering a learning environment and organisational culture that contribute positively to the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enable all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

As a Student Funding Administrator, you will support the administration of student funding and financial support across the College. You will provide advice and guidance to prospective and current students, administer travel and financial awards, monitor student attendance and support the effective delivery of student funding services.

What Will You Bring to the Role

• Adapting: You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic tasks.
• Perceptiveness: You work effectively with different people, recognising their emotions, considering their feelings and needs, and being open to different perspectives.
• Focused
• You focus on what matters, remaining attentive and controlled, and making appropriate decisions when responding to different situations.
• Problem Solving
• You can identify solutions to new or complex problems, critically evaluate information, apply knowledge to new situations and make logical decisions.

City College Plymouth will offer you;

• Career development opportunities.
• Generous contributions towards your pension.
• Free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated staff lounge.

How we recruit

We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.

After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment within a few days of this vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.

The College welcomes applications from service leavers and the Armed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.

The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.