Schools and Colleges Development Officer - Recruitment

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields.  We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities.  Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health, and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:

The Schools and Colleges Engagement team, seeks a dedicated full-time Schools and Colleges Development Officer (Recruitment) to implement our Student Recruitment strategy in Peterborough.

This pivotal role entails growing and supporting professional connections with students, educators, and guardians, through delivery of our in-person engagement initiatives. As the officer responsible for set region, you will be entrusted to manage your Schools and deliver a range of interventions for prospective students and their mentors.

Crucial to this role is attention to detail, data competency, budget tracking, and strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

We seek innovative individuals able to self-motivate and think creatively, ideally possessing relevant demonstrable experience in student recruitment, outreach, or higher education marketing.

This position will travel to our campuses occasionally but regularly throughout the east of England (expenses are reimbursed in line with ARU policy). 

Informal enquiries can be made to Emily Partridge, Team Leader, Emily.partridge@aru.ac.uk

 For this role, you will need a degree or be part qualified in a relevant professional qualification at degree level or have demonstrable appropriate level of experience and evidence of CPD relevant to the role.

This appointment is subject to an enhanced level children's and adults barred list disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The role being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. 

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes: 

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.