International Student Recruitment Officer

Faculty/Directorate: Faculty of Science and Engineering

Salary: APM 7 - £30,497 to £34,304 per annum (pro rata if part time), together with NEST pension benefits (National Employment Savings Trust) https://www.nestpensions.org.uk. The normal expectation is that the successful applicant will be appointed to the minimum of the scale with annual increments on 1 August each year (subject to completing six months services).

Location: This position can be based at either the Bay Campus or Singleton Campus, but will be required to work on both campuses depending on business need. The role will allow for some flexibility, with a mixture of on-campus and remote working.

Contract: Permanent contract

Applicants are invited for the position of International Student Recruitment Officer to join the Faculty of Science and Engineering Marketing, Recruitment, and International team (MRI).

The Faculty of Science & Engineering is fast becoming nationally and globally recognised as a centre of excellence providing an innovative, inclusive learning environment that produces lifelong learners who are prepared for the global economy, delivering world-class research unencumbered by traditional boundaries between fields, and serving the local, national, and global societies in meeting present and future challenges.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive professional person to the Faculty’s Student Recruitment team to help meet ambitious student recruitment forecasts and to contribute to and implement the Faculty’s wider student recruitment strategy.

The individual will be responsible for delivering student recruitment activities focussed on key international markets, working very closely with other faculties and the International Development Office. They will take a key role in coordinating and delivering the Faculty’s international student recruitment activity, organising and delivering student recruitment events in-person and online, organising a delivering a comprehensively planned communications plan to prospective international students, analysing available market intelligence and complete data analysis to understand opportunities and barriers for all recruitment segments. The post holder will have experience of influencing and engaging a wide range of key stakeholders to enable aspirational outcomes, and experience of working on projects and/or events independently, prioritising confidently to ensure their successful and timely delivery. Overseas travel for work purposes will be a key part of this role.

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

For further information please contact Adam Jones – R.Adam.Jones@swansea.ac.uk

Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation. Applicants should also attach to the application where applicable:

• Curriculum Vitae;

Please note this job is also being advertised to a pool of colleagues internally as part of our University commitment to employee redeployment. Should this post be filled from this route then you will receive an email confirming this. If you do not receive an email, please assume that your application is still in process.

Closing date: 20th February 2023

Shortlisting date: 27th February 2023

Interview date W/C 6^th March 2023

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