Senior Outreach Officer

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974

Background

The Outreach team are responsible for supporting the entry to the University of students from underrepresented groups. We also work with the Student Recruitment and Admissions team to develop, promote and fulfil the University-wide recruitment and admissions policy and strategy for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This involves a wide range of activities including supporting University representation at higher education fairs throughout the country and in-particular in the West Midlands and other identified areas, co-ordinating visits to schools and colleges, receiving incoming visits from school pupils, teachers, careers officers and school leaders, and planning and delivering programmes for students in identified groups.

Role Summary

The purpose of this post within the wider team is to ensure the University commitment to widening participation is delivered. This means that currently under-represented groups are encouraged to apply to the University through a range of activities, partnership working and action-based research.

This particular post is to support the development of activity linked to the University’s agreement with the Office for Students (OfS). It will have specific responsibility for key elements of our Pathways to Birmingham (P2B) programmes and is critical to the delivery of our P2B targets. This role also has responsibility for several other programmes and activities delivered by the Outreach team. Specific responsibilities will be determined based on the skills and strengths of the post holder and wider team. Clear objectives and lines of responsibility will be determined as a part of the induction and annual personal development review process.

The post holder will work to support the appropriate targeting and evaluation activity of the Outreach team. This will support our culture of continuous improvement, enable the dissemination of our activity to a wider audience and support reporting on our Access and Participation Plan with the Office for Students.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

Roles at this level will require a broad understanding and practical experience of an administrative or professional field which will be used to plan the running and development of services and/or lead shorter term projects or contribute to larger projects. You will work with information which needs interpretation and analysis; you will use your judgement to identify the best solution to differing problems and issues, offering recommendations for managing more complex situations. You are likely to be responsible for managing a team of staff, being accountable for recruiting and developing them and for managing performance. You may also need to liaise and/or co-ordinate activities across a number of different sections within the department or possibly with wider department or external bodies as appropriate.

Informal enquiries can be made to Claire Churchill, Deputy Head of Outreach, c.s.churchill@bham.ac.uk or Elizabeth Chandler, Head of Outreach, e.chandler@bham.ac.uk  

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Closes: 18/09/2024

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