Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Senior Officer (Faculties)

About the Role
As the Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Senior Officer (Faculties), you will play a critical role in delivering Queen Mary’s commitment to attracting and supporting students from underrepresented groups. Working within the External Relations Directorate, you will work closely with academic schools to coordinate recruitment initiatives and widening participation (WP) strategies aligned with the University’s 2030 goals.

You will be responsible for planning and delivering outreach activities, evaluating their impact, and providing support to ensure that faculty-led recruitment efforts align with the University’s strategic objectives. The role also involves fostering collaboration across academic and professional services teams. This role requires proactive engagement with both internal and external stakeholders and a strong ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

About You
You bring substantial experience in student recruitment or widening participation within the higher education sector, with a proven track record of planning, implementing, and evaluating impactful outreach initiatives. Your experience includes working collaboratively with academic teams and engaging with external partners, such as schools or community organisations, to deliver inclusive recruitment strategies.

Your ability to use data to inform decision-making and measure success is complemented by excellent organisational and project management skills. You are skilled in building relationships across complex organisations, with a commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your work.

Additionally, you possess excellent communication skills, enabling you to influence and inspire a wide range of stakeholders. Experience with CRM systems or equivalent platforms is a plus, as is a solid understanding of safeguarding practices and relevant legislation such as GDPR.

About the Department 
The role is situated within the External Relations Directorate which is responsible for the marketing of the profile of Queen Mary University of London and its educational programmes, and the attraction and recruitment of students from under-represented backgrounds as well as students from the UK, EU and Overseas more generally.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities. 

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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