Schools and Colleges Development Officer - Recruitment

Anglia Ruskin University; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job description

About ARU

Job Category: Administrative

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Employment Type: Full time

Salary From: £30,805 p.a. plus £2,500 p.a. Market Supplement

Salary To: £36,130 p.a. plus £2,500 p.a. Market Supplement

Location: London

Faculty/Prof Service: Corporate Marketing

Closing Date: 27/04/2025

Ref No: 3432

Documents:

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 896.12kb)
• Candidate Brief (PDF, 15376.38kb)

About ARU

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s 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. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health, and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About The Role

The UK Schools and Colleges Engagement team, based in the corporate marketing directorate, are recruiting for a Schools and Colleges Engagement Officer (Development) to help deliver our Student Recruitment strategy in London. The officer will be working with schools in the East and North London regions, with extensive travel in these areas. The ideal candidate will live in a London borough with easy access to the transport for London network. You will also be confident working independently with a large portfolio of London-based schools and colleges. You will also attend a weekly office day at our ARU London campus.

Primary responsibilities will include delivering high-level, high-quality customer service to our stakeholders and partners as well as the successful delivery of a variety of student recruitment events (including taster days, workshops, talks and presentations as some examples) to our target audiences across our campuses.

With a degree, or part qualified in a relevant professional qualification at degree level, or appropriate experience, you will be confident developing, implementing, and maintaining high-quality working relationships between ARU and your target schools and colleges. This will include, but is not limited to, organising the logistics of on- and off-campus visits, collecting, handling and utilising data to show impact and reasoning, tracking against budgets and building a strong network of colleagues within ARU and external to support you in the successful delivery of your role. As an innovative, creative thinker you will have an enthusiastic proactive approach, demonstrating excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. You must be highly organised, with experience of working in a fast-paced environment, and it is important that you can develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds.

Based at home, with a weekly office-based day at our ARU London campus and extensive travel to your schools and colleges within the North and East London areas. Occasional travel between our other campuses and occasional work outside of normal office hours is expected.

The postholder will be reimbursed for all work-related travel in accordance with the ARU expenses policy.

A market supplement of £2500 in recognition of London weighting for candidates who live within London.

[This appointment is subject to an enhanced level children's and adults barred list disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

It is expected that face-to-face interviews will take place on Thursday 8th May at our ARU London campus.

Informal enquiries can be made to Alastair Harman, [e-mail]

Find out more about working with us.

We 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.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes

Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.