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Applications are invited for this full-time permanent post, an exciting new opportunity to support student recruitment in key target areas within England. The University has ambitions plans to grow undergraduate student recruitment in particular and recruitment from England will be a key part of this. This be a very varied role combining office based and face to face recruitment and student engagement activities.

Educated to A Level or possess equivalent relevant experience, the role will require someone who is innovative, highly creative, with ambition and energy who wants to make a real difference to student recruitment at Bangor University. They will also need to have very strong people skills to enable them to engage with students, maintain strategic partnerships externally and work collaboratively internally to ensure that everything they do compliments the recruitment and marketing work of the rest of the University.

This post may be based at Bangor or Wrexham, the post holder’s choice. Consideration will also be given to the post holder working from home with only occasional travel to Bangor if they are based in the North West or West Midlands.
Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a part-time or job share basis.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post.

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

Applications will only be accepted via our on-line recruitment website, jobs.bangor.ac.uk. However, in cases of access issues due to disability, paper application forms are available by telephoning 01248 383865.

Closing date for applications: 16 May 2023

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Purpose of the Job

As part of a team of student recruitment professionals, this role has specific responsibility for delivering recruitment plans targeting specific geographic areas within England. The University has ambitions plans to grow undergraduate student recruitment in particular and recruitment from England will be a key part of this. The postholder will be expected to take a multi-channel approach to delivering everything from advertising to schools’ engagement. This will therefore be a very varied role combining office based and face to face recruitment and student engagement activities. The role will require someone who is innovative, highly creative, with ambition and energy who wants to make a real difference to student recruitment at Bangor University. They will also need to have very strong people skills to enable them to engage with students, build relationships externally and work collaboratively internally to ensure that everything they do compliments the recruitment and marketing work of the rest of the University. As this role will require a significant percentage of time to be spent in England building relationships and delivering activity with and for English institutions, there will be advantages for the postholder to be resident in or near England. Attendance on campus in Bangor will be required for key events such as open days and offer holder days.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To contribute to the delivery of a regional recruitment plan for England with the support of the Senior England Recruitment Officer.
• To build relationships with key feeder schools and colleges and deliver a programme of creative and innovative engagement.
• To assist with developing and delivering engaging sessions which can be delivered face to face and/or online which promote the University but are also of practical value to schools and students.
• To attend higher education fairs as assigned.
• To contribute to developing regionally focused and relevant recruitment materials ensuring that they are on brand and of high quality, with support from marketing colleagues.
• Develop the necessary knowledge to provide specialist advice to students, parents and advisors.
• To deliver regionally relevant social media content.
• Network across the HE sector to ensure awareness of competitor behaviour and to respond accordingly.
• To support the Clearing process as part of the wider recruitment team.
• Provide cross-section support on events and activities in relation to UK recruitment and widening participation, including attending open and offer holder days, UCAS fairs and delivering presentations where required. This will involve staying away from home and will involve working some evenings and weekends.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• The post holder will be expected to participate in performance review and developmental activities.
• The post holder will be expected to comply with the University equal opportunities policies, Dignity at Work and Study Policy and the University’s Welsh Language Policy and the Welsh Language Standards.
• The post holder has a general and legal duty of care in relation to health, safety and wellbeing and must take all reasonable steps to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for him/her self and for other members of staff, students and visitors affected by his/her actions or inactions. The post holder is also required to comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and risk assessments.
• The post holder must comply with relevant legal and financial policies and procedures and be aware of their responsibilities in terms of the legal requirements of their posts.

Person Specification

General

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We strive to develop a workforce from all sections of the community regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language through our progressive Welsh Language Policy. We comply with the Welsh Language Standards and are committed to equality of opportunity. You are welcome to apply for any job in English or Welsh and all applications submitted will be treated equally.

We are a member of Advance HE's Athena SWAN Gender Equality charter and hold a Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to and progress towards gender equality within the University's policies, practices, and culture. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

All members of staff have a duty to ensure their actions are in line with the overall environmental aims of the University and minimise their environmental impact.

All offers are made subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of satisfactory references.

All candidates must meet the requirements of UK ‘right to work’ requirements *** If you require Home Office permission to work in the UK, or need to switch your visa status in order to take this job we recommend you use the following link to information about the routes into employment and to check eligibility requirements: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Please note that we are unable to employ anyone who does not have the right to live and work in the UK legally. When applying for this post you will be required to explain the basis upon which you believe you will be able to live and work in the UK legally on the commencement date of the role should your application be successful.

Please note that, in the event of applications being received from candidates on the University's Redeployment Register with a reasonable skills match to the post specification, these applicants will be given prior consideration.

Disclosure & Barring Service

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
As Bangor University meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions. DBS checks will be updated every 3 years.

Candidates should note that the University uses an external Umbrella body to process DBS checks. As such you should be aware that, if successful in your application, your name and e-mail contact details will be shared with the Umbrella body in order that they may contact you to start the application process.