Student Recruitment Operations Manager - Postgraduate

The above permanent post is available from 2^nd January 2025 in the Student Recruitment Operations (SROps) team. The role will be based on the Streatham Campus in Exeter. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

This role will often require working at weekend events and out of office hours. It will also involve frequent travel to attend meetings at the Exeter campuses and travel around the UK to attend recruitment events.

Interviews are expected to take place on 10^th December.

Summary of the role:
In this role, you will deliver a high-quality programme of prospective student engagement activities to drive up applications/conversions to the University of Exeter, to grow postgraduate student numbers across all markets both on-campus and on-line across all University of Exeter campuses.

With lead operational responsibility for developing an annual strategy for our postgraduate (PG) operational plan across the recruitment cycle and managing support functions, systems and recruitment engagements, you will also play an essential role in ensuring the wider SROps team operates effectively and efficiently to achieve best value.

Working closely with colleagues across multiple teams, you will deliver a well-managed programme of engagements - on campus, off-campus and online – designed to deliver the optimal recruitment experience for our prospective postgraduate students. You will be the key business expert on the postgraduate student recruitment journey across taught and research provision and for all modes of study (full-time, part-time, online, CPD etc.).

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

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