Senior Student Engagement and Recruitment Officer

The Full-time starting salary is normally £37, 332.00 per annum with progression available in post to £40,581.00 per annum.

Interviews will provisionally take place week commencing 10^th March

What’s in it for you?

In return for your dedication and hard work, you will benefit from ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development, as well as the following key benefits:

• Opportunity for hybrid working.
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 40 days (including bank holidays and closure periods).
• An attractive direct contribution pension scheme, or the option to retain LGPS for existing and previous members.
• Wellbeing advice and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Birmingham City University's Marketing and Communications department is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Student Engagement and Recruitment Officer. Reporting to the Student Engagement and Recruitment Manager, the role involves proactively promoting BCU to prospective student audiences, in schools and colleges and at on-campus events, with the aim of increasing awareness of the University and driving applications. 

The post holder will develop close working relationships with faculty academics as well as school and college partners – being an account manager for multiple school and college partners. They will organise and deliver high quality recruitment events on campus, as well as work with academics to deliver engaging content to prospective students. In addition to this, the role will require cross-collaborative working with other teams within the department to ensure a joined-up approach to student recruitment.

Essential Requirements

• Education to degree level
• Strong project and event management skills
• Previous experience in a similar and relevant role
• Experience of working in a complex organisation, with multiple internal and external stakeholders, and the ability to influence them
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex information to a wide range of stakeholders, including presenting to large groups of prospective students
• Ability to gather information, evaluating programmes and measuring the impact of work undertaken
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office to analyse and present data and reports
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplined team, relating to wider departmental aims and objectives
• Able to travel to events off site and attend out of hours events

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The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

Closing date: 26 February 2025 at 23:59 

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