Sheffield
01/10/2025
Student Support Fund Administrator
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary
£13.22 per hour
Contractual hours
0
Basis
Term Time
Package
20 Holiday Days (148 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
3% Employer Pension Contribution into NEST Pension Scheme
Date posted
01/08/2025
Job reference
RR
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Job description
About us
The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.
About the role
Working for our subsidiary company Sparks Teaching Services, as a Student Support Fund Administrator you will be part of a small busy team. This is an interesting a varied role with a friendly team covering a range of admin processes as well as contact with students, parents and staff across the college to answer queries.
Main Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Student Support Fund Team Leader this post will contribute to the college's common goals. Working with the Student Support Fund team helping students from lower-income backgrounds to maximise attendance and successfully complete their course.
To achieve this, specific duties include, but are not limited to:
* Support the Student Support Fund team throughout all operational aspects, ensuring an outstandings service is delivered.
* Work collaboratively with all academic and professional service teams to achieve Student Support Fund KPI targets and contribute to college outcomes.
* Supporting and driving the development of the Student Support Fund to all students, ensuring that it is inclusive and informative to enable students to access the right financial support available to them.
Day-to-day, you will:
* Processing and dealing with enquiries and applications
* Initial assessment of Student Support Fund applications
* Completing award monitoring checks e.g. Attendance checks
* Ordering equipment and resources for students
* Processing invoices
* Answer queries from students, parents and staff face to face as well as via email and phone.
* Champion our commitment to putting students first
* Exemplify our values of Fairness, Respect & Equality
If you want to find out more about the role please contact Louise Welbourn, Student Support Fund Manager,
What we can offer you
As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of £13.22 per hour based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.
Our benefits
* Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with NEST- 3%
* Annual leave - 20 Days (148 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
* Health and wellbeing, we offer
* Employee assistance programme through Bupa
* Occupational Health through PAM
* Free eye tests for VDU users
* Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses
Further information can be found on ourBenefits andCareer Development pages.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confidentemployer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact
Armed Forces Covenant
As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant,we're pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.
Safeguarding
We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding
Next Steps:
To apply: Click and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at are currently not accepted.
As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.
Closing date: 1st October 2025
Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.