Liverpool Hope’s UK Student Recruitment Team is responsible for helping students from all sorts of backgrounds to access Hope’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The team delivers a wide range of recruitment activities including Open & Applicant Days, promoting the University at UCAS Fairs, Schools & Colleges Liaison, and providing prospective students with all the information they need about the University

We are looking for a Student Recruitment Officer (Communities & Outreach) to join us in working towads our goal to grow student numbers by 20% over the next five years. This is an exciting time to join the team as we embark upon delivering enhanced activities in Outreach, Events, and Communications

The postholder will support a vital function of the team by delivering a wide range of student recruitment activities. They will manage relationships with account schools and colleges across the North West and deliver workshops and presentations to a range of audiences.

To be successful in this role, the post holder must have experience of working with young school or college based audiences, or community groups to deliver aspirational programmes or information, advice and guidance. They must also have a successful track record of student recruitment or engagement activities and experience of delivering presentations or talks. A self-starter with the ability to work unsupervised, they should have the drive and initiative to come up with solutions and the ability to organise and prioritise a busy role.

A degree of flexibility will be required in this role as there is a significant amount of travel across the North West as well as occasional travel across the UK, including trips over to Northern Ireland. There is a requirement for some evening and weekend working to support Outreach events and Open/Applicant Days. The successful candidate will need to be passionate about widening access to education irrespective of background.

This post is permanent, subject to the normal probationary period of 12 months.