Student Recruitment Officer

Hours: 1.0FTE (35.75 hours per week)

Contract Basis: Open-ended

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who will contribute to the University’s Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Recruitment activities in the UK. Based in the Student Recruitment team, your excellent communication and organisational skills will be key to the effective promotion of Queen Margaret University, and to the provision of relevant advice and information to a wide range of groups, including prospective students, their advisers, schools, colleges and other educational providers and agencies.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have experience of working in a recruitment or marketing setting (either professionally or as a student ambassador). The post requires excellent communication skills, organisational and interpersonal skills. Flexibility in working hours and willingness to travel is essential.

The closing date for this position is 23:59 14^th June 2026.

Please note, this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. 

Should you wish to apply for the vacancy please click on the apply button above. 

If you have any queries regarding the application process or require special assistance, please contact Human Resources by email at recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

As a university, we are committed to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers alongside Concordat to Support Research Integrity  and  were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here

We are a Disability Confident Employer, should you require any specific arrangements during the recruitment process please contact Human Resources on recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

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