Student Recruitment Officer

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WORKING FOR TEDI-LONDON

Founded by three of the world’s top-ranking institutions – Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW Sydney - and operating with the agility of a startup, we’re different by design.

Here at our vibrant and accessible campus on Canada Water, we’ve found a new way to create engineers. And we’re throwing everything we’ve got at it.

From day one, students collaborate on real projects with real businesses and organisations. By the time they leave, they’re running with a network of private and public sector partners, fluent in the language of industry.

A million miles from the lecture halls, a thousand curious questions away from rote learning and end-of-module exams, we’re finding new ways to teach, with a project-based curriculum that’s mapped to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

TEDI-London is a testbed for the creativity of a new generation of designers and engineers. In alliance with our founding universities, our organisation is already changing up and getting ready for global growth to meet global challenges.

To do this, we need people. We need people who, no matter what their role, are ready to push the boundaries, fight for the best ideas and design creative solutions for everyone.

We’re TEDI-London. Are you ready to join us? 

WHY DO WE NEED TEDI-LONDON?

With a global shortage of engineers, attracting more people to the profession is paramount – particularly women and people from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds to ensure equitable design solutions.

In the UK alone, it is estimated that an additional 50,000 engineers a year are needed to respond to 21st Century global challenges.

Research with employers and advocacy groups suggests that a highly interdisciplinary learning environment is required to respond to demand for engineers with a broader set of entrepreneurial, design and technology skills.

The curriculum for the TEDI-London programme develops skills in communication, entrepreneurialism and project management through a unique project-based and blended pedagogy, across a range of engineering disciplines.

By making things in project teams throughout their programme, our graduates will be able to tackle hands-on, complex, multi-disciplinary challenges.

Industry partners help to define and collaborate on projects and provide expertise and mentoring to ensure TEDI-London students have real-world experience of commercial and business reality.

OUR VISION

We’re transforming engineering education to transform lives - for the good of people, planet and prosperity.

OUR MISSION

We exist to shake up engineering education. We provide engineering education and skills to more people, regardless of background, and help them build a better world for everyone.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As part of our student recruitment and widening participation strategies we are committed to delivering a variety of on and off campus events to inspire the next generation of engineers. Including school and college visits, on-campus open days, taster days and demos, and online programmes such as Thinking Ahead, the TEDI-London outreach programme needs to stand out in a crowded market.

The premise of this role is to deliver and continuously help develop of these activities and encourage young people – particularly from hard-to-reach backgrounds in our local communities – to design, build, tinker and explore engineering through hands-on approaches. These activities will also highlight TEDI-London’s USPs and, ultimately, encourage applications to the degree programme.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lee Rowland, Student Recruitment, Admissions and Outreach Manager: lee.rowland@tedi-london.ac.uk. 

OVERVIEW

Hours of work: Nominal weekly hours 40

Responsible to: Student Recruitment, Admissions and Outreach Manager

Line management: N/A

Primary place of work: Canada Water, London

Key responsibilities

• Represent TEDI-London at a wide range of internal, external and online events
• Organise logistics for external careers events (UCAS, UK Uni Search, etc.) including booking events, couriers, stand displays etc.

• Work with the TEDI-London academic team to develop an exciting and engaging programme which is appropriate for students from a range of ages and backgrounds

• Deliver engaging workshops and presentations in schools, colleges, and community spaces

• Develop strong relationships with a range of schools and colleges across London and the Southeast of England

• Ensure robust data collection and feedback processes are designed and implemented to facilitate evaluation and reporting and to enhance the programme moving forward, and monitor conversion from schools/pupils to those enrolling at TEDI-London

• Monitor the success of events/activities and ensure all data is recorded in the CRM and build reports to monitor impact and assist with decision-making regarding future events/activities

• Manage the Student Ambassador Scheme, ensuring good representation from students from under represented backgrounds

• Deliver online training to international agents/partners, and webinars for international prospective students

• Asset creation for the promotion of events, such as webpages, graphics, photography and social posts.

• In conjunction with Marketing, undertake conversion activities for applicants at various stages of the recruitment cycle
• Assist the Marketing and Admissions teams during peak periods (i.e. Clearing)

• Any other ad-hoc duties assigned by the Student Recruitment, Admissions and Outreach Manager and/or Head of Brand & Student Recruitment or other senior manager.

Please note this role meets the definition of regulated activity and will therefore require an enhanced DBS check.

ABOUT YOU

For this role you will have:

Skills and Knowledge

• A Level or equivalent educated
• Demonstrable experience recruiting Home students for degree programmes. Knowledge of international recruitment will be beneficial, but is not essential
• Demonstrable knowledge of the recruitment cycle timeline and key deadlines (i.e. UCAS)
• An understanding of how Marketing and Admissions operate within a HE context
• The ability to communicate with a diverse range of studentsKnowledge of project-based learning – with an understanding of sustainable development goals and social awareness
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal – combined with excellent influencing and presentation skills
• Ability to gather and analyse feedback from participants to ensure continuous improvement of activities offered
• Experience using CRM systems and MS Office

Personal attributes

• Passionate about the TEDI-London pedagogy and our student experience
• A collaborative approach combined with excellent team working skills, within and across other disciplines and functions
• Able to work with a degree of autonomy
• Seeing initiatives/projects through from initial concept to implementation 
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, vibrant environment with a high level of ambiguity – working across a number of activities concurrently whilst maintaining poise, pace and control
• Willingness to attend off-site and out-of-hours events with occasional overnight stays
• A willingness to be hands-on and involved in activities that may not be within the role on a day-to-day basis – essential in a growth environment
• Ability to place health and safety first in activities and interactions

Core benefits, hours and work location

Holiday entitlement: 28 days

Benefits:

• Employer pensions contribution up to 10%
• Life Insurance 4x Annual Salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel season ticket loan
• Healthcare options
• Employee Assistance Programme and many other Perks at Work.

Hours of work and location:

• Typically 40 hours per week with some flexibility depending on business needs. We actively encourage agile/flexible working in line with the delivery requirements of each of our roles.
• This role requires attendance at our Canada Water Campus at least 3 days a week.

How to apply

Please send all applications via the 'Apply' button (e:niona.kavuma@tedi-london.ac.uk).

We will be reviewing applications upon receipt and therefore have the right to withdraw the job advert should we find someone appointable, therefore we recommend you submit an application ASAP.