Recruitment, Conversion and Fair Access Officer – AD2120RH

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Admissions: Recruitment, Conversion and Fair Access (Scotland), the post holder will be required to undertake a variety of outreach, recruitment, admissions, and conversion activities. This post holder will have a specific focus on  Part Time evening degree activities as well as the Supported Pathways programmes and Teacher engagement.

The post holder should be sensitive and interested in widening participation across schools and colleges. The post holder should have a good understanding of current government strategic objectives in relation to Widening Access to Higher Education and be able to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders from across the sector including applicants, academic colleagues, school and college staff, parents and care providers and community learning partners. The post holder will have an active role in application reading, general recruitment responsibilities throughout Scotland and the UK. The post holder will also act as Regional Lead of a designated area of Scotland for Recruitment and Conversion activity.

The post holder will be able to work independently, and have a proactive approach to working practices, actively seeking new opportunities for development and improvements to workload and have a student-centred approach.

Further information and informal enquiries may be directed to Joanna Fry, email: jf61@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Applications are particularly welcome from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in professional posts at the University.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience.  We strive to create a fair and inclusive culture demonstrated through our commitment to diversity awards (Athena Swan, Carer Positive, LGBT Charter, Race Charters and Stonewall). We celebrate diversity by promoting profiles of BAME, LGBTIQ+ staff and supporting networks including the Staff BAME Network; Staff with Disabilities Network; Staff LGBTIQ+ Network; and the Staff Parents & Carers Network. Full details available online: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi.

In accordance with the new immigration rules, it is with regret that this role does not meet the current suitability requirements set by the UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. The University encourages all interested candidates to apply regardless of nationality and all applications received are assessed against the essential and desirable criteria listed in the further particulars. The successful candidate will have to demonstrate their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment and where required, obtain the right to work in the UK without relying on University sponsorship.  Information on other visa options is available at www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk.

This post will/may be primarily based at the Eden Campus at Guardbridge, a state-of-the-art working environment for professional services units.

Closing date: 10:00am Monday 7^th April

We encourage applicants to apply online at www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/welcome.aspx, however if you are unable to do this, please call +44 (0)1334 462571 for an application pack.

Please quote ref: AD2120RH

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC013532).

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