Schools Liaison Officer

Why work at Caius?

Benefits include:

• Generous pension scheme; 14.5% employer contributions and 3x death in service benefit
• Healthcare cash-plan
• 33 days of annual leave (including public holidays)
• Cycle-to-work scheme (scheme rules apply)
• Parking (subject to availability)
• College gym
• Lunch on site
• The opportunity to work in a beautiful environment

The Role

Gonville & Caius College is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join its large outreach team of four as its College-based Schools Liaison Officer. The role will involve implementing the College’s outreach strategy across its two linked counties of Hertfordshire and Norfolk, and more widely online and across the rest of the UK, working with students, schools, colleges, and other organisations working in the educational sector. 

You will be based in Cambridge, facilitating school visits to Caius, administering a range of online outreach programmes for young people, and making trips to schools in Hertfordshire and Norfolk where required. 

You will be proactive and have excellent planning and organisational abilities to develop and run programmes which reflect the College’s aims to attract more applicants from groups with less history of representation at Caius and Cambridge, and to increase the number of applicants to Caius from state schools and colleges in its link areas. You will also have excellent interpersonal skills, working confidently with children across a range of age groups, members of teaching and HE support staff, parents and communities, strategic partners within educational organisations, and students and academic staff at Caius and across the University.

This is a full time, fixed term role (for 20 months), working 37.5 hours per week.  The salary for this position is £27,250.

The College

Gonville and Caius College is one of the largest colleges in the University of Cambridge. It is an educational charity and its mission is to provide a place of education, religion, learning and research, in conjunction with the University that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard.

Further information

• Equality of opportunity; the College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all sections of society.
• Entry into a position with the College will be determined by the application of criteria related to the duties of the post.
• During the application process, candidates are requested to complete the Equality & Diversity section as part of our Equal Opportunities Policy and monitoring process.
• The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
• In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.

The Application Process

• The closing date for applications is 12 noon BST on Monday 22 April 2024.
• You are encouraged to make an early application as the vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
• For your application to be considered it must be complete and include an up to date CV, covering letter, and details of 2 referees, one of whom should have detailed knowledge of your ability in relation to the requirements of the role.
• If you require any assistance in completing your application, please contact careers@cai.cam.ac.uk.

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