University of Gloucestershire
Job title:
Student Recruitment Events Officer (x2 posts)
Company
University of Gloucestershire
Job description
About the school or departmentYou’ll be part of the Marketing and External 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.Working in a competitive environment you’ll be joining an award-winning Student Recruitment team tasked to deliver a wide range of highly targeted undergraduate and postgraduate domestic recruitment activities. These will focus on key milestones in a prospective student’s journey, from initial enquiry through to enrolment and will include the organisation of events such as open days, offer holder days, interview days and HE exhibitions.About the roleWorking within our busy, award-winning Student Recruitment Events team you’ll play a critical role in lead generation, enquiry and application conversion. You will have previous event organisation experience and a strong customer focussed approach to your work to ensure you are delivering excellent customer service.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 and postgraduate prospective students. These events may be in person or delivered online.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.You will work with a range of academic schools and professional services teams to ensure our events are of the highest standard and therefore will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong, positive and effective working relationships.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 and the need to stay away from home.If you have a genuine passion for supporting students and promoting the university, we’d love to hear from you.To applyYou will be asked to submit a CV and along with a Supporting Statement that addresses how you meet the essential criteria or alternatively complete the attached application form.To avoid disappointment please apply early, should we find a suitable candidate we will close the advert.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 detailsSue Pearce – or Tom Kidd –Key datesClosing date: Wednesday 2 October 2024Interview: Friday 11 October 2024 (in person)£31,387 to £36,924. Grade 6
Expected salary
£31387 – 36924 per year
Location
Gloucester
Job date
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:21:18 GMT
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