Anglia Ruskin University
Schools & Colleges Engagement Officer (HE Recruitment)
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About ARU
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
Job Category
Administrative
Vacancy Type
Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Duration
18 months
Employment Type
Full time
Salary
From £31,236 To £36,636
Location
Chelmsford
Faculty/Prof Service
Corporate Marketing
Closing Date
31/07/2026
Ref No
4003
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About The Role
The UK Schools and Colleges Engagement team, based in the corporate marketing directorate, are recruiting for a Schools & Colleges Engagement Officer (HE Recruitment) on a fixed term basis to help deliver our Student Recruitment strategy.
Primary responsibilities will include:
- Delivering high-level, high-quality customer service to our stakeholders and partners
- Successfully delivering a variety of student recruitment events (including taster days, workshops, talks and presentations) to our target audiences across our campuses, the East of England or occasionally wider afield (e.g. UCAS Fairs)
- Developing, implementing, and maintaining high quality working relationships between ARU and focus Sixth Forms and Colleges
- Organising the logistics of on- and off-campus visits
- Collecting, handling and utilising data to show impact and reasoning
- Tracking against budgets
- Building a strong network of colleagues within ARU and externally to support the successful delivery of the role
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With a degree, or part qualified in a relevant professional qualification at degree level, or appropriate experience, you will be confident in developing, implementing, and maintaining high quality working relationships between ARU and your focus Sixth Forms and Colleges. You must be an innovative, creative thinker with an enthusiastic, proactive approach, demonstrating excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. You must be highly organised, with experience of working in a fast-paced environment, and it is important that you can develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds.
This role will be responsible for a designated geographical area:
Essex and North/East London - 37 hours per week, 18-month fixed-term contract, based at our Chelmsford campus
Candidates should live within a reasonable commuting distance of both their allocated campus and region, as regular travel to schools and colleges within the designated area will be required. Travel between campuses and regions will also be expected.
Informal enquiries can be made to Alastair Harman, Schools and Colleges Engagement Manager at, Alastair.Harman@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
This appointment is subject to an enhanced level children's and adults barred list disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and shortlisted candidates will also be required to disclose any prior disciplinary action or investigation related to sexual misconduct or abuse. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We Have a Responsibility To Ensure That All Employees Are Eligible To Live And Work In The UK And Will Conduct Right To Work Checks In Line With UKVI’s Right To Work Policy And Our Own Institutional Policy. Furthermore, We Must Note
Applicants applying from outside the UK: At this time, ARU is unable to sponsor applicants applying from overseas for a Worker Route visa.
Applicants already in the UK: ARU is unable to offer Worker Route visa sponsorship to applicants whose salary does not meet our minimum sponsorship threshold, which aligns with roles at Grade 6 and above.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
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