Student Recruitment and Outreach Officer
Vacancy Details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Grade 6 £31,387 - £36,924 per annum |
| Location: | PITTVILLE CAMPUS |
| Job Type: | Support |
| Closing Date: | 09/02/2025 |
| Date Posted: | 13/01/2025 |
| Reference: | S2165 |
Description
We are open to discussing opportunities on a 0.8 and 1 FTE.
About the school or department
You’ll be part of the Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement Directorate responsible for a range of university-wide activities which includes teams responsible for organising student recruitment activities, managing the external website; design and digital content creation; campaign management and cycle activity; media liaison via the press office; corporate social media; internal comms for students; corporate events; alumni relations; and external stakeholder management.
Our student recruitment function comprises of the following teams: Student Recruitment 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 to meet our widening participation targets. Data and evidence constantly informs our decisions to ensure that an efficient and effective service is provided to our customers.
About the role
The Student Recruitment and Outreach Team is seeking an inspiring Student Recruitment and Outreach Officer to join us in supporting students to make informed decisions about university and HE, with a particular focus on Business and Cyber courses.
Working proactively with target schools and colleges, you will join a team of on campus officers who deliver a range of activities to inform students and their influencers- teachers and advisers and parents and carers.
Working within our busy team, you’ll play a critical role in subject and general schools and college events both on and off campus. You will have previous event organisation experience and a strong customer focussed approach to your work.
You will have an understanding of the UK higher education sector and the student recruitment cycle and will play a key role in delivering excellent student focused activities and events both on and off campus for domestic undergraduate prospective students.
As part of the team you will have excellent project management, organisational and administration skills to plan, deliver and evaluate activities and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
This role will require you to work at our recruitment events which can take place at the weekend and evenings. On occasions this may include travel within the UK.
If you have a genuine passion for supporting students and promoting the university, we’d love to hear from you. Our team isagile and work collaboratively. Our roles are busy and varied and we’re looking for a positive and flexible colleague. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply to be a part of our contributions to the university and wider community
The University is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff community and welcomes applications from currently 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 2010 and the essential criteria contained within the person specification.
Contact details
If you would like to have an informal conversation about this role please contact Paige Gliddon pgliddon1@glos.ac.uk or Sarah White swhite9@glos.ac.uk .
Key dates
Closing date: Sunday 9th February 2025
Interview: Tuesday 25 February 2025 (in person)