Faculty Student Recruitment Officer (Social Sciences)

Warwick is embarking on an ambitious programme Social Sciences Connect which will see a host of activities to support University’s Excellence with Purpose 2030 strategy, and will position Warwick as a regional, national, and international driving force for social scientific enquiry with real-world application and impact.

We’re looking to appoint a maternity cover position for the role of Faculty Student Recruitment Officer who will champion our Student Recruitment efforts for the Faculty of Social Science. You’ll sit within the central Global Student Recruitment Team, part of our Marketing, Communications and Insight Department.

This is a maternity cover and will suit someone who is passionate about Student Recruitment and working with departments across the University to support its wider faculty and departmental aspirations in a diverse range of key markets.

The role will also have some limited opportunities to travel overseas to represent Warwick and support its Student Recruitment activities.

For informal enquiries, please contact Amarjeet S Mutneja via email: a.mutneja@warwick.ac.uk.

Please note, this is a hybrid role. You’ll be required to work from our Coventry campus at least two specified anchor days each week to support community building, and cross-team learning. You will also be required to come to campus more frequently as you support, prepare for, and deliver recruitment activity. This role may require UK and international travel.

• You’ll have a passion for Student Recruitment, with demonstrable experience recruiting to postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. You’ll be interested in applying this within the Social Sciences Faculty.
• You’ll shape annual Student Recruitment faculty plans, and importantly, you’ll deliver this activity on our beautiful campus, across the world and through online initiatives.
• You’ll build relationships with agents, school subject leads across the world.
• There will be some international travel focussing on recruiting to the faculty, but also supporting recruitment to the wider university.
• You’ll work with prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students, and their influencers.
• You’ll work collaboratively with the Marketing to build and strengthen relationships with students, academics, and alumni, encouraging them to contribute to recruitment activity.
• You’ll have a good understanding of the prospective student journey, and excellent experience of working in an education liaison role.

You’ll be passionate about the Social Sciences, and keen to promote the benefits of these degrees to prospective students.

The University of Warwick is world leading for teaching and research, with an absolute commitment to excellence and an ambition to challenge the status quo. We’ve inspired positive change, sparked innovation and created opportunity across our local community, our region, the country and beyond.

We’re incredibly proud of our global reputation as a centre of excellence for learning and research. It is our mission to open our doors even wider – to work hand in hand with industry, to connect with academics and partners around the world, to bring opportunity to our region and our country, and to engage students, staff and communities from all walks of life, all parts of society, all cultural backgrounds.

You will join a passionate and inspiring team of Marketing, Communications and Insight (MCI) professionals. MCI encompasses the teams for:

• Marketing and Student Recruitment.
• Brand and Marketing.
• Corporate Communications.
• Market Research and Insight.

The post holder will be based in the Marketing and Student Recruitment team. You will work across regional teams and alongside other Faculty Officers to lead on faculty recruitment plans for Social Sciences.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.55pm on the closing date of 15th April 2024. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history. Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post.

To streamline our hiring process, we kindly request that all candidates submit their applications through our official website. This ensures that all applications are received in a uniform format and can be processed efficiently by our HR team.

The interviews will be held on 1st May 2024.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

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We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation.

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