Assistant Undergraduate Recruitment Officer

The role

The Undergraduate Recruitment Team – within the Student Journey team – are responsible for the design, planning, delivery and evaluation of all undergraduate recruitment activity, including the annual cycle of UCAS fairs, Open Days, Offer Holder Events, Campus Tours and Virtual events, with the aim of attracting and recruiting the best students to the University of Bristol.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast paced, professional team working with key stakeholders inside and outside the University to deliver a programme of activity to ensure we attract the best students from the most diverse backgrounds.

This post will act as the day-to-day lead on key elements in the planning and delivery of exceptional recruitment events. This will include continually improving our events provision, logistical support for such activity, managing student workers and enquiries as well as working collaboratively with stakeholders and enhancing customer service.

What will you be doing?

You will be a part of the team delivering a programme of pre-application and offer holder events. These include UG Open Days, Offer Holder Events, Virtual Bristol, and Campus Tours.

With the support of the Undergraduate Recruitment Officer, you will act as the day-to-day lead on key elements in the planning and delivery of exceptional recruitment events.

You should apply if

• You have experience of delivering student recruitment or public facing events on a large scale.
• You are organised and thrive when balancing many different work streams, often with competing deadlines.
• You facilitate change in an evidence-based way and are comfortable navigating spreadsheets and interpreting data.
• You have excellent relationship building and influencing skills and can quickly build and maintain a wide network of contacts across the University and beyond.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and a positive attitude to enthuse and enable those around you to support your aims.
• You are an effective collaborator and team player.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed-term maternity cover until 15/08/2025 or the earlier return of the postholder

For informal queries, please contact Raeesah Ellis-Haque, Undergraduate Recruitment Manager, r.ellis-haque@bristol.ac.uk 

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 29/07/2024. Interviews are anticipated to take place on 07/08/2024.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values. 

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

Available documents

• Further Particulars - ESS - Home Recruitment and Conversion 23-24.pdf
• Asssistant Undergraduate Recruitment Officer JD SUPP111416.pdf

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