Student Recruitment Assistant

University of Hull seeks a Student Recruitment Assistant to support schools liaison, events, admin and engagement with prospective students.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, creating a community where colleagues feel respected and valued. We aim to reflect the diversity of our students and communities, and to strengthen our university through collaboration and diverse perspectives, across all roles at the University.

The UK Student Recruitment Service is responsible for the recruitment of all students from the UK to our Hull-based campus, including all levels of study and portfolio areas. The Service is organised into three teams: Schools and Colleges Liaison, Events and Applicant Experience, and Access and the Humber Outreach Programme.

The UK Student Recruitment Service aims to attract a diverse pool of high-quality students to apply; widen access and participation; maximise conversion opportunities through face-to-face and online engagement; and – ultimately, grow enrolments according to strategic priorities and institutional targets.

The Schools and Colleges Liaison team is responsible for: developing and managing relationships with target and feeder schools and colleges; providing high-quality, on-brand and consistent information, advice and guidance (IAG) to Years 12 and 13 prospective students locally, regionally and nationally; driving growth in applications from key target schools and colleges; supporting teachers and advisers and raising brand awareness with influencer audiences.

Specific duties and responsibilities of the post

• To support the wider team with administrative tasks such as data entry, room bookings/events logistics, finance admin, travel arrangements and enquiries/general inbox tasks.
• To, with the guidance and support of the Officers, deliver schools and colleges liaison activity for post-16 students.
• To ensure that data and insight relating to activities delivered in schools and colleges is captured, so that it can feed into evaluation work; contributing to discussions about first-hand experiences whilst delivering activities to feed into continuous improvement.
• To bring the student experience to life for key target audiences.
• To be aware of health and safety and safeguarding risks and mitigations for activity delivered with target schools and colleges, ensuring compliance with all mandatory training and legal requirements.
• To be an active and supportive citizen of the University community working collaboratively with fellow colleagues across the University to support the delivery of strategically important activity, including open/applicant days, graduation and clearing activities.
• To show an interest in HE and other government policy, and other external drivers, to develop an awareness of impact on recruitment targets and practices.
• To behave in line with equality and diversity principles.
• To perform other such duties as the UK Student Recruitment leadership and management team may from time-to-time require.

The full job description can be found here ^[3].

For any informal queries relating to this role, please contact Oli Parkinson ( Student Recruitment Officer (Schools and Colleges)) via email to O.T.Parkinson@hull.ac.uk ^[4]. All applicants should submit a CV and covering letter.

Applications close at 00:01am of the closing date listed. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you are interested in this role, please submit your application as early as possible.