Regional Student Recruitment Officer (Southwest)

Summary

Job Type:

Job Type: Support

Closing Date:

Closing Date: 11/16/2025

Date Posted:

Date Posted: 10/31/2025

Reference:

Reference: S2238

Description

0.6 FTE, 22.2 hours per week

2 year fixed term contact

This is a home-based role with travel across the region as required. If you have a genuine passion for supporting students and promoting the university, we’d love to hear from you.

About the department

You’ll be part of the Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement Directorate responsible for a range of university-wide activities which includes teams responsible for organising student recruitment activities, managing the external website; design and digital content creation; campaign management andcycle activity; media liaison via the press office; corporate social media; internal comms for students; corporate events; alumni relations; and external stakeholder management.

Our student recruitment function comprises of the following teams: Student Recruitment and Events, Schools Liaison and Outreach, Admissions and Applicant Experience. Together these teams work with academic schools to deliver on the university’s undergraduate and postgraduate recruitment objectives and to meet our widening participation targets. Data and evidence inform decision making to ensure that an efficient and effective service is provided to our customers.

About the role

Working within the Student Recruitment and Outreach Team you will provide an important role generating new leads and building relationships with target schools and colleges predominantly in the South West region – (South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall), to support student recruitment targets.

You will have excellent organisational and administration skills to plan and organise attendance at higher education (HE) fairs in schools and colleges to raise awareness of studying at university and, in particular, at the University of Gloucestershire.

You will have excellent communication skills and an enthusiastic approach to providing pre-entry advice and guidance at HE fairs and through presentations and workshops to a range of students and their advisers/parents/carers.

As part of this role you will ensure methods and processes for data collection and storage of data are GDPR compliant.

In addition you will be required to analyse a series of metrics to evidence the impact of recruitment activities undertaken and how this contributes to achieving the University’s recruitment targets. Experience of university life or studying in a UK Higher Education context is essential, as is a proactive ‘can do’ attitude and ability to use initiative.

How to apply

To apply please click on APPLY at the bottom of this page, you will be asked to complete the attached applications form.CVs alone will not be considered.

If you would like to have an informal conversation to find out more about this role please contact Sarah White swhite9@glos.ac.uk

Key dates

Interview date: Tuesday 2 December 2025

To avoid disappointment please apply early, w e reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

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The University is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff community and welcomes applications from currently under-represented sections of workforce. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing an interview to everyone who meets the definition of disability set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the essential criteria contained within the person specification.

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