Schools and Colleges Engagement Officer (Recruitment)

We are ranked in the world’s top 350 institutions in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and we are a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. Our research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world-leading. In 2021, we were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our world-leading music therapy work.

Following unprecedented growth in student recruitment at ARU, you will be part of a growing team of talented and professional Schools and Colleges Engagement & Development Officers, and will operate from our Chelmsford campus, with some working from home. Your primary role is to lead ARU’s relationship engaging with target school sixth forms and FE colleges, supporting their students with their higher education and degree apprenticeship choices and, ultimately, to influence them to apply to ARU. Working with and reporting to the Schools and Colleges Engagement Manager (Recruitment), you’ll deliver in line with our schools and colleges engagement strategy and will implement agreed plans. You’ll also work closely and collaboratively with colleagues across our Outreach teams to deliver joint objectives, and support Corporate Marketing and Faculty colleagues to deliver events including open days and UCAS conventions. Raising awareness of our undergraduate programmes in Cambridge, Chelmsford, our new University campus in Peterborough and our growing degree apprenticeship programmes, including those for the Metropolitan Police and Forces across East Anglia. You will be excellent at presentation, prioritisation, adaptability and reporting regularly on progress.

With a degree, part qualified relevant professional qualification or demonstrable level of experience and continued development, you will be a good communicator, with strong integrity, you will recognise and display the benefits of a collaborative approach and excellent customer service. Ideally, you will have previous Higher/Further Education experience, and/or will come from a customer-facing background, you will possess a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and you’ll need to be comfortable with contributing and adapting to change driven by sector developments and our own continuous improvement approach.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dale Gregory, Assistant Director, Corporate Marketing at dale.gregory@aru.ac.uk

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Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.