Student Recruitment & Outreach Manager

Salary: £37,369 to £39,560 per annum with progression to £46,970 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 12 October 2026

Do you have strategic experience in student recruitment, outreach or marketing, and a track record of delivering impactful events and engagement activities for UK and international audiences.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE) at an important point in the development of our marketing and student recruitment activity, helping to showcase our education, research and innovation to prospective students in the UK and internationally.

As Student Recruitment & Outreach Manager, you will lead the Faculty-wide strategy and delivery of outreach and student recruitment activity. Managing a small team, you will develop and deliver initiatives that inspire prospective students, support widening participation objectives, and maximise student recruitment and conversion across the Faculty's diverse portfolio of programmes.

Working closely with academic colleagues, technicians and professional services teams, you will coordinate the Faculty's engagement with schools, colleges and key educational partners, oversee ambassador activity, and evaluate the impact of recruitment and outreach campaigns.

You will also act as the Faculty lead for international student recruitment, collaborating with Newcastle Global (International Office), regional recruitment teams and academic colleagues to support conversion activity, international partnerships and overseas recruitment opportunities.

We're looking for a proactive and collaborative leader with experience of managing student recruitment, outreach and/or marketing activity, excellent stakeholder management skills and a passion for helping students realise their potential.

This appointment is full-time (37h/pw) and offered on a fixed-term basis (2 years) with an immediate starting date.

• Develop, deliver, monitor and evaluate the Faculty-wide outreach strategy which maximises the generation and conversion of student applications to the Faculty’s degree programmes ensuring it achieves University KPIs and Widening Participation (WP) targets
• Lead the coordination of the Faculty’s involvement at off campus events including school and college visits and deliver various talks and workshops to students
• Audit and evaluate existing outreach activity delivered across the Faculty to establish impact, identify opportunities, and ensure activity aligns with the Faculty/University’s objectives
• Produce various reports and ensure that the outreach activity undertaken is evaluated and recorded in line with University requirements such as developing evaluation methods and materials; ensuring events are evaluated at the point of delivery; recording event/participant data on the University’s database; tracking participants through to application and registration etc
• Support a variety of marketing campaigns throughout the academic calendar and oversee the implementation of Faculty marketing plans to raise awareness of outreach/student recruitment activities
• Liaise with academic colleagues, schools, colleges and educational networks to ensure that activities are innovative and meet demand. Build a comprehensive understanding of competitor activity through targeted observations, professional networks/reports and of the changing widening participation landscape
• Act as the Faculty lead for international student recruitment, working closely with Newcastle Global (International…