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Student Recruitment Officer

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£35,844 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
30 Nov 2021

Job Details

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated self-starter to join King’s Student Recruitment team as a Student Recruitment Officer within the Brand & Marketing Department. This role will initially work across the UK and Europe  

 

The post holder will be expected to implement student recruitment plans to develop a number of designated markets, with activities that include both digital and in-country activities, and so cultural awareness and sensitivity, as well as the ability to travel overseas extensively, is essential. 

 

You will be expected to develop and manage positive relationships with a diverse network of stakeholders including prospective students, agents, schools and universities as well as internal relationships across the university. In addition, you will demonstrate the ability to develop knowledge and understanding of your markets. 

 

The role requires an aptitude for problem solving and multitasking, excellent communication skills and the ability to demonstrate a genuine commitment to providing high standards in customer service. Experience working within the higher education sector in a student facing role, preferably in student recruitment, is essential.  

 

The role will require flexibility and an average of 14-16 weeks of travel a year depending on the activities in the designated markets. Please note: additional travel outside of your remit may also be required to meet the university’s business needs.  

 

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract. 

This is a full-time post.

 

Key responsibilities

•        Development and delivery of both online and face-to- face activity for designated markets.  

•        Please note: designated markets may change over time, including temporary redesignation when required, resulting in responsibilities which may range from planning, managing and delivering activities for large and complex established markets through to opening up and developing new markets. 

•        Monitor, evaluate, report and recommend responses to the trends and developments for student recruitment activities in designated markets, working closely with the Student Recruitment Manager for UK & Europe.  

•        Produce activity plans/reports and recommendations for designated markets incorporating both on- and off-line results, the impact of activities, contextual trends and recommendations for future development.  

 

•        Undertake an average of up to 14-16 weeks travel per year, depending on the required activities in the designated markets according to the university’s business needs. This may include travel outside of designated markets as required by the Head of Student Recruitment and could include anywhere in the world where the British Council and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice allows and where there is a university business need.  

•        Support the Student Recruitment Manager with costed plans based on data analysis for budget bidding/justification and take responsibility for delivering agreed activities on time and within budget. 

 

Specific activities may include: 

•        Representing King’s at local and overseas education and recruitment events, undertaking independent visits and developing and delivering presentations about the university and its offer.  

•        Assisting with the organisation of high-profile visits to the university or key stakeholder visits in-market with the Student Recruitment Manager.  

•        Contributing to the development of on and off-line marketing tools and printed materials published to support King’s College London’s recruitment activities. 

•        Responsibility for the transport and assembly of display materials for student recruitment meetings and events. 

 

In addition, the post-holder will: 

•        Develop effective working relationships with a range of external audiences, which may include partners, representatives and professional organisations such as British Council, BUILA, UKVI, UKTI, Universities UK, UCAS etc.  

•        Regularly update, advise and/or consult the Brand & Marketing Department and/or the wider university community on student activity in their designated markets via meetings, forums, one-to-ones, and other means of communication. 

•        Be flexible and prepared to travel at short notice, work weekends and travel for meetings at all university Campuses and overseas as required for university business needs.  

•        Work as a fully integrated member of the Brand & Marketing Department, developing positive relationships and working closely with colleagues from across the department.  

•        Develop close working relationships with teams across the university, including for example Admissions, Global Engagement, Study Abroad and Student Success. 

•        Carry out any activity required by the Head of Student Recruitment and the Deputy Director of Student Recruitment.  

 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

 

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria  

1.      Educated to degree level or equivalent 

2.      Demonstrable student recruitment experience and expertise at a similar level to that required by the job description 

3.      Ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences at all levels both orally (including delivering presentations) and in writing 

4.      Resilience and Adaptability: Adapts positively to change, staying focused during uncertainty and recognizing where to flex plans to achieve results in the face of changing demands and priorities; supports others by taking a positive perspective on challenge, pressures or uncertainty. 

5.      Evidence of good networking skills and the ability to influence the delivery of sustainable outcomes and long-term relationships with school and advisors.  

6.      Understanding Context: Maintains a good understanding of the relevant context for student recruitment objectives, including competitor activities, with the ability to identify opportunities, recommend changes to planned activity based on an understanding of market context, including what is happening and why. 

7.      Drive for Excellence: A focus on achieving results in the most effective way possible; sets challenging but attainable objectives and works to deliver these. Includes the use of objective analysis to identify a course of action, seeking new or creative ways to deliver accountabilities, taking action to build capabilities such as seeking feedback, sharing success, learning from failure/risk. 

 

Desirable criteria

1.      Postgraduate or professional marketing qualification 

2.      Good knowledge of UK and international higher education sector as well as relevant current issues and policies worldwide  

3.      Knowledge and experience of UK and Europe student recruitment, including Postgraduate student recruitment, country trends in Higher Education and demonstrable understanding of cultural differences between relevant countries 

4.      Fluency in a language besides English is desirable 

 

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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