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Salary:£29,605.00 - £31,396.00 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: 23 June 2024 The Role Are you hardworking, organised and passionate about university education and the opportunities it can offer young people? We are looking for a Student Recruitment Co-ordinator to join our busy team. The Newcastle University UK Recruitment Team develops, leads and delivers a range of exciting events and activities designed to encourage young people from across the UK to consider university and to give them a taste of what life is like as an undergraduate student at Newcastle University. As a Student Recruitment Co-Ordinator, you'll enjoy a varied role - in a typical week you might travel to another UK city to deliver an inspiring talk to students currently considering their options for life after school or college, plan and organise the logistics of an on-campus event, create engaging presentations or work with colleagues from across the University on large scale projects such as Open Days or Clearing. Conversion Activity An element of this role will involve the planning and organisation of our events exclusive to offer holders. This could include our series of Offer Holder Experience Days on campus. You will work with the Student Recruitment Manager to support the implementation of the University's strategies for student recruitment, widening participation and marketing to maximise the conversion of high-quality students from diverse backgrounds to Newcastle University. PARTNERS Programme You will work as part of the team that delivers the Newcastle University supported entry programme (PARTNERS); delivering PARTNERS specific recruitment events and activities throughout the year as well as leading and supporting elements of the PARTNERS application process. You will also play an integral part of the delivery of the residential Year 13 PARTNERS Academic Summer School which takes place annually in July. Event planning and delivery You will be involved in the organisation and delivery of multiple campus events for prospective students. One example is our ‘Bitesize Uni' Year 12 summer school, a residential event held on campus for over 200 students. As well as planning events, you'll also lead teams of Student Ambassadors, as well as other members of the Student Recruitment Team to deliver them successfully. You'll present to large audiences of students, parents/carers and teachers, manage event budgets and carry out comprehensive evaluation, including the preparation of reports. Outreach and recruitment activity You will also lead and support other key Student Recruitment Team projects and activities and line manage a member of the Student Recruitment Support Team. You will also support other University events and activities such as Open Days and Confirmation and Clearing. You will account manage several key schools and colleges across the UK, occasionally travelling to deliver presentations and activities, attend large scale recruitment fairs and other university events throughout the year. Who are we looking for? You will have experience of event planning and organisation, developing and delivering presentations, working as part of a team and managing a complex workload. You will be a flexible, adaptable problem solver. This is a busy and exciting role, providing the post holder with a great deal of job satisfaction and would be suited to candidates wishing to progress their career in the Higher Education Sector. If this sounds like you - we want to hear from you. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Mary Kelly, Student Recruitment Manager at mary.kelly2@ncl.ac.uk . Essential requirements of the role A full, clean driving license and the willingness to work some weekends and outside of normal office hours. You should also be able and willing to occasionally drive to events and school/college visits around the UK and to stay overnight when required. Hire cars are provided for travel. The UK Recruitment Team currently work flexibly. This role is full time (37 hours) and you will work in the office at least 3 days per week with the option to work the other 2 days at home (if travelling and activity delivery allows). Find out more about the outreach and recruitment events and activities that the team currently deliver: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/ Key Accountabilities Under the guidance of the UK Recruitment Managers, lead the development and delivery of high quality events and activities for target schools and colleges. This will include: Organisation and delivery of aspiration-raising projects and activities.Development and delivery of high quality presentations and workshops in schools/colleges to a range of target audiences including potential applicants, parents/carers and school staff. Lead staff training to ensure quality control and ongoing quality improvement, including overseeing the recruitment, selection, training and management of over 100 Student Ambassadors, mentors and students reps on an annual basis to support these events. Contribution to the ongoing evaluation of these projects and activities, and the monitoring and tracking of individual students in order to evaluate the impact of events and gauge their appropriateness, effectiveness and impact for the target audience/s. Prepare relevant evaluation reports for managers about the activities undertaken to ensure continuous improvement of activity. Contribution to ongoing work with target schools and colleges by carrying out visits throughout the UK to deliver activities, presentations and other appropriate outreach and awareness-raising sessions in schools/colleges. Assist the UK Recruitment Managers with school and college geographical targeting, identifying hotspots of target schools and co-ordinate visits to these areas. Where appropriate, line management responsibility for members of the Support Team. Manage and oversee the workload of team members, co-ordinate regular update meetings to review progress against agreed aims and objectives, and to ensure effective integrated workflow across the team. Carry out Conversation and Priorities reviews for members of staff, as well as recording annual leave and sickness. Develop and produce appropriate recruitment-related publicity / marketing information (print, web-based and new media) to raise the profile of the University and its activities among target audiences. Organise and deliver aspects of collaboratively run projects and events. This may include contributing to the development and delivery of conferences and events for target groups such as looked after young people,disabled students, parents and teachers. Events may include residential summer schools held on campus for prospective students. Support for national student recruitment activity. This may include leading on the organisation of student guides for the Autumn and Summer University Open Days (including the recruitment and training of student guides, allocation of roles and monitoring of student performance and attendance to ensure quality of delivery), the lead organisation of pre-application campus tours, and Offer Holder Experience Days. Support the representation of the University at a range of Higher Education recruitment events throughout the UK including large undergraduate and postgraduate Higher Education conventions, smaller recruitment and careers events in individual schools and colleges, and other recruitment events as may be identified during the course of the year. The Person Knowledge, Skills and Experience Essential An awareness of the UCAS application system and recruitment and admission cycle for university students Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to handle difficult and often sensitive situations Excellent presentation skills Ability to develop creative and innovative content for events and activities The ability to plan and organise intensive, complex, customer-oriented events or projects, including evaluation of effectiveness/impact Excellent time-management and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage a complex workload Flexibility and a positive approach to tasks, activities and situations Excellent team working skills with the ability to initiate, develop and maintain productive working relationships with key stakeholders. Attention to detail, excellent IT and proven financial management skills Initiative and a creative approach to problem solving Direct experience of the UK school and HE system Experience of working with and enthusing young people about Higher Education Willingness to work some evenings and weekends Full, clean driving licence Willingness to travel throughout the UK and stay overnight, as required Receive Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)) Attributes and Behaviour Communicating Tailors content of communication to the audience, changing style, tone and format appropriately Uses face to face communication regularly; team meetings, one to ones, informal discussions/chats, briefing sessions etc Can hold attention of others using appropriate techniques; questioning, rhetorical questions, changing tone and pace of voice and animated style. Planning and Organising Sets own priorities in conjunction with team and area objectives Uses systems and tools to ensure records and audit trails are clear and up to date Ensures that others know how process and systems work Team-working Shares relevant and useful information with others Willing to help others and share workloads Respects the value that different views bring to the team Understanding others Clarifies understanding of others to avoid misinterpretation Adapts own response to take into account cultural differences, behaviours and perspectives Delivering Services Sees other departments and colleagues as “customers” and follows through on their enquiries and requests Keeps fellow team members up to date with progress Takes responsibility for achieving own targets Pays attention to detail Strives to deliver high quality results Qualifications Degree or equivalent Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution. We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population. At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme. In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
Requisition ID: 27078
Keywords : Newcastle upon Tyne jobs
Closed Date : 2024-12-18