Regional Student Recruitment Officer; Southwest

Regional Student Recruitment Officer (Southwest)

Vacancy Details Summary

• Salary:
  Grade 6 £ 32,000 – £37,000 per annum pro rata
• Job Type: Support
• Closing Date: 01/18
• Date Posted: 12/18
• Reference: S
• 0.6 FTE, 22.2 hours per week
• 2‑year fixed‑term contract

You’ll be part of the Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement Directorate responsible for a range of university‑wide activities including teams that organise student recruitment, manage the external website, design and digital content creation, campaign management, media liaison, corporate social media, internal communications for students, corporate events, alumni relations and external stakeholder management.

Our student recruitment function comprises the following teams:
Student Recruitment and Events, Schools Liaison and Outreach, Admissions and Applicant Experience. Together these teams work with academic schools to deliver on the university’s undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment objectives and meet widening participation targets. Data and evidence inform decision‑making to ensure an efficient and effective service is provided to our customers.

Working within the Student Recruitment and Outreach Team you will generate new leads and build relationships with target schools and colleges predominantly in the South West region (South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall) to support student recruitment targets.

You will have excellent organisational and administrative skills, plan and organise attendance at higher education fairs in schools and colleges to raise awareness of studying at university, in particular at the University of Gloucestershire.

Your communication skills and enthusiastic approach will enable you to provide pre‑entry advice and guidance at HE fairs and through presentations and workshops to students, advisers, parents and carers.

You will ensure data collection and storage processes are GDPR compliant and analyse metrics to evidence the impact of recruitment activities and how they contribute to achieving the University’s recruitment targets.

Experience of university life or studying in a UK Higher Education context is essential, as is a proactive ‘can‑do’ attitude and the ability to use initiative.

You will work mainly from home but will attend team meetings and key recruitment events at our campuses in Cheltenham and Gloucester, and may be required to work some evenings and occasional weekends.

Travel within the region is required; therefore we are looking for someone with a full UK‑valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.

We welcome people from a range of backgrounds, including student recruitment, schools liaison, careers advice and sales.

To apply , please click APPLY at the bottom of this page. You will be asked to complete the attached application form. CVs alone will not be considered.

If you would like to have an informal conversation to find out more about this role, please contact Sarah White.

Closing date:
Sunday 18 January

Interview date:
Tuesday 27 January

To avoid disappointment please apply early, we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

For more information about our benefits and working for the University, please .

The University is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff community and welcomes applications from under‑represented sections of our workforce. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing an interview to everyone who meets the definition of disability set out in the Equality Act and the essential criteria contained within the person specification.

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