Student Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Officer

Founded in 1915, the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is one of the UK's largest institutions for research and teaching on Russia, the Baltics, and Central, Eastern and South-East Europe. Our mission is to create in-depth knowledge of Russia and Eastern Europe in regional, comparative, transnational, and global contexts, and to promote and disseminate an understanding of our region to the wider world; developing multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multi-method approaches to knowledge creation and to teaching; and to enhance the development of area studies at UCL and among the wider academic community. We offer undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research programmes, both within our four core disciplines (Economics and Business; Politics and Sociology; Languages and Culture; and History), as well as interdisciplinary programmes (for example, our BA in History, Politics & Economics). Find out more about the School of Slavonic & East European Studies at www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees.

The Student Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Officer is a professional student recruitment expert who leads, develops and executes the Faculty Marketing and Communications domestic and international student recruitment plan, across all levels of entry to the university in the faculty. They also work closely with counterparts in other Faculties to ensure a complementary Student Recruitment landscape is created across programme portfolios, enabling prospective students to apply for the course/s that is / are right for them. They place the prospect at the heart of their plans throughout the recruitment funnel and can enable the successful mapping of Faculty study options to student choice.

The Student Recruitment Marketing and Communications Officer plays a pivotal role in managing the prospective to enrolled student journey, working with Faculty staff as well as Marketing and Communications SMEs, to ensure recruitment activity is creative and aspirational, representative of our world-class university, and well placed both strategically and tactically across a range of defined channels, in line with the Faculty Marketing and Communications strategy.

As a member of the UCL Marketing and Communications community of professional Marketers, the Student Recruitment Marketing and Communications Officer is responsible for building and maintaining excellent relationships with peers, stakeholders, and where applicable, the Centres of Expertise in VPEE. This includes being proactive in the Community of Practice Groups, actively participating in them as well as working cohesively with Central VPEE.

To do this job, you will need to have experience in multi-faceted Student Recruitment, in a complex, stakeholder environment and substantial experience of working with cross channel media including above and below the line, offline and digital customer acquisition marketing. You will also need to have a good understanding of the higher education landscape, policies, practices, and procedures. You will hold strong interpersonal skills including tact, diplomacy, and a flexibility to work effectively with senior stakeholders and team members whilst still achieving the result. Finally, you will have an enthusiasm for and commitment to high quality service provision.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact the Marketing, Communications and Student Recruitment Manager, Lisa Walters, at l.walters@ucl.ac.uk 

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact  Madalina Rau, HR Officer at m.rau@ucl.ac.uk. 

For more details please visit our jobs page Job details: Student Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Officer.15728 (ucl.ac.uk).

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