Job Title: Schools Liaison Officer (Recruitment & Conversion)
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £29,605 – £32,982 per annum – SS4
Job type: Permanent, Full time
University College Birmingham is proud to have been voted 5th in the Post Graduate Education category in the prestigious 2024 Whatuni Student Choice Awards. The awards are voted for and by students showcasing the incredible relationships we foster here at University College Birmingham between Staff and Students. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.
University College Birmingham has a unique collaborative partnership with the University of Warwick – Ranked ninth in the 2024 Guardian League Tables and 67th in the World QS University Rankings 2024.
The Role:
It’s an exciting time to be joining University College Birmingham. We are rapidly expanding our portfolio of further education and higher education courses, and as part of our growing School Liaison and UK recruitment team, you will play a key part on that journey.
As a great communicator with a passion for education, you will be responsible for delivering your own school account management plan, working as a facilitator and the first point of contact between local feeder schools and University College Birmingham.
You will foster strong relationships with key contacts within your schools, planning and delivering a programme of high quality, strategically aligned talks and interactive workshops to their students. We are therefore seeking an enthusiastic individual with excellent presentation skills to join our team, who will plan and deliver external activities and on campus events.
As well as having the responsibility for liaison between feeder schools and our college and sixth form, the postholder will also work closely with our current Level 3 students, supporting them with progression to higher education. This will involve working with our academic staff and planning taster sessions for them to attend.
Finally, you will be joining a wider team of recruitment and outreach officers, and will attend national recruitment events alongside these colleagues, therefore there’s plenty of opportunities to travel across the UK.
Hybrid working is available with this role and a flexible approach to work is required.
Benefits:
- Generous allocation of annual leave
- 26 days’ paid leave per year
- 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employer Contributions – 20.9%
- Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
- Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
- Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
- Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
- A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology home and cycle.
- Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Free on-site gym membership
Extra Information:
All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.
Closing Date – Sunday 6th October 2024.
Interview Dates – TBC.
UCB is an equal opportunities employer.
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Candidates with experience of: Education Liaison Officer, Schools Liaison Officer, Liaison Officer, Senior Liaison Officer, Student Recruitment, Early Careers Advisor, Career Advisor, Employment Advisor, Employment and Careers Advisor, Recruitment Advisor, Placement Officer, Placement Advisor, Resourcing, Recruitment, Recruiter, Conversion Officer will also be considered for this role.
