About Us

UK NARIC is the UK’s National Agency responsible for providing information and expert advice on international qualifications and skills.  Do you have what it takes to work in a challenging and busy environment, dealing with international enquiries and helping people hoping to fulfil their academic and occupational ambitions?  If so, we would like to hear from you.

You must be educated to degree level and have fluent verbal and written language skills in English; and another language as stated above.

Experience as a teacher or trainer would be an advantage.

Your main role will be processing enquiries from individual applicants and member organisations, and answering questions on the phone and in writing.  You will also be expected to assist in the training provision and a range of other administrative tasks.

Principally, as a member of UK NARIC Information Services Group:

• assisting with the international qualifications recognition process;
• developing knowledge of overseas education and the UK education system;
• maintaining a professional telephone enquiry service;
• assisting with the delivery of training; and
• a range of other administrative tasks

Interview Venue: UK NARIC, Suffolk House, 68-70 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 2ED, UK

UK NARIC is the UK’s National Agency responsible for providing information and expert advice on international qualifications and skills.  Do you have what it takes to work in a challenging and busy environment, dealing with international enquiries and helping people hoping to fulfil their academic and occupational ambitions?  If so, we would like to hear from you as we have vacancies for Information Advisers to join the UK NARIC team.

This is a fast paced, outward facing role in a friendly and dynamic office.  As part of the front desk team, you will provide key administrative support, answer queries received from around the world in writing and over the telephone, and complete initial checks on new applications.

Principally, as a member of the Enquiries Service Centre team within the UK NARIC Information Services Group, the successful applicant will be required to:

• Take and manage a high volume of incoming telephone calls from people and organisations worldwide
• Respond within service level agreements to written enquiries from people and organisations worldwide
• Deal with incoming / outgoing post
• Log enquiries in a records database
• Ensure payments from customers are logged and sent for processing
• Process and respond to enquiries within expected timeframes
• Provide general administrative support
• Occasional opportunities to represent the company at external events

Applicant requirements

• Excellent team working skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience of working in a busy office based environment
• Flexible and adaptable with a positive attitude
• Professional, courteous
• Ability to thrive and remain calm, polite and patient under pressure

Interview Date:  To be advised - various dates available

Interview Venue: UK NARIC, 68-70 Suffolk House, Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 2ED

Who we are and what we do

UK NARIC is the UK national agency for information and expert advice on international qualifications and skills. The work is interesting and the atmosphere is enthusiastic, collegiate, and supportive. There are opportunities to develop specialisms and to lead research and training for countries and regions.

As a Research and Data Officer, you would be responsible for the delivery of our core services, particularly research and information development activities. This includes investigating and researching qualifications worldwide, national education systems, and new developments; in short, you would be ensuring the quality of our research and data.

You would also be involved in project activities, contributing to the broad range of our database and publications output about international education; and providing support to our member organisations, which include universities, educational institutions, and government agencies.

UK NARIC offers excellent opportunities for promotion and career development. This role offers the possibility of international travel. In addition to base salary, UK NARIC also offers benefits such as private health insurance, a pension scheme, and training and staff development.

Are you:

• A graduate from a UK University with research experience?
• Fluent in English, Romanian and another foreign language?
• A good team player and good communicator?
• Highly computer literate, especially using Word, Excel and PowerPoint?
• Inquisitive, tenacious, positive and highly motivated?

Would you like to:

• Forge a career in a dynamic, progressive organisation by undertaking leading research into global education systems and qualifications and comparing them to standards in the UK?
• Build a network of international contacts to help develop specialist knowledge of education systems and present your findings in accessible and innovative ways?
• Contribute positively to the movement of professionals and students into and out of the UK?

...then we would like to hear from you.

As a Research and Data Officer, you would be responsible for the delivery of our core services, particularly research and information development activities. This includes investigating and researching qualifications worldwide, national education systems, and new developments; in short, you would be ensuring the quality of our research and data.

You would also be involved in project activities, contributing to the broad range of our database and publications output about international education; and providing support to our member organisations, which include universities, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Interview venue: UK NARIC, Suffolk House, 68-70 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2ED, UK