UK Student Recruitment Officer

Our University

Ravensbourne University London is a dynamic institution at the intersection of creativity, business, and technology. Based in London’s Design District in the heart of North Greenwich, we are home to a diverse, global community in one of the world’s most vibrant business and creative hubs.

The Role

The role requires experience delivering student recruitment or outreach activity within a further or higher education context, with a focus on engaging young people and enabling informed decision-making about progression to university. The post holder will plan and deliver recruitment activity across the UK to increase applications and enrolments across further education, undergraduate and postgraduate study, using strong communication, organisational and relationship-management skills.

Main responsibilities of the role include:

• Delivering UK student recruitment strategies and campaigns to meet defined targets
• Planning and delivering recruitment and outreach activity for young people, including school and college visits, HE fairs, UCAS events and Taster Days
• Developing and maintaining relationships with schools, colleges, teachers, advisers and other influencers
• Providing clear, accurate and accessible information, advice and guidance to prospective students, recognising that learners may experience different routes and challenges when considering higher education
• Using CRM systems and data to monitor activity, assess impact and inform future recruitment activity
• Working alongside colleagues, academic staff and student ambassadors to drive recruitment, conversion and progression
• Contributing to access and participation activity aimed at increasing engagement from underrepresented groups

Key Skills include 

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of audiences
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Experience delivering presentations, workshops or events for student audiences
• Experience coordinating events, including logistics and stakeholder engagement
• Confidence using data and CRM systems to inform recruitment activity
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• A flexible and proactive approach, including willingness to travel across the UK

The Candidate

The successful candidate will have experience working within a UK further or higher education setting and a working knowledge of student recruitment and admissions processes, including UCAS. They will have experience engaging with young people and be confident representing the University to prospective students, teachers, advisers and partners.

They will be organised, adaptable and comfortable working with data and CRM systems. Experience of delivering events, presentations or outreach activity will be valuable, alongside alignment with Ravensbourne’s values of dynamism, inclusion, professionalism and collaboration.

We Offer 

• Generous leave
• We operate a hybrid working model of on-site and working from home for most of our posts 
• Competitive Pension Scheme 
• An Employee Assistance programme 
• A cycle-to-work scheme

If you want to discuss the role or have any questions, please contact Alice Stonehouse on a.stonehouse@rave.ac.uk

Further details:

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those that are currently under-represented in our workforce. This includes, but is not limited to, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.

At Ravensbourne, we are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We offer interviews to those who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role. In situations where we receive a high volume of applications, we will prioritise interviewing those disabled applicants who most closely align with the minimum requirements.

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