Marketing and Recruitment Events Coordinator Bristol, England
Job description
Join the team of dreams within Future Students, Communication and Marketing where getting the right applicants enrolled on the right course is absolutely key to all activities undertaken by the department and is crucial in a competitive marketplace.
You will have proven expertise and experience in an Events and Marketing role and if in a communication role, even better. Using your events experience, you will manage and oversee the operational delivery of the University’s student recruitment events, including undergraduate and postgraduate open days, offer holder days, campus tours etc.
You will work in collaboration with stakeholders across the University to deliver an integrated and coordinated approach to event delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and ensure an outstanding experience for the target audience. So, you know how to devise and deliver and be confident in building and maintaining effective working relationships.
Proactively leading the development of University Open Days, working across the institution to influence, contribute and build the knowledge and understanding of staff and ensure an optimal cross-university approach to these events. You will develop and deliver streamlined and efficient administrative processes to ensure events deliver value for money methodology.
You will contribute to the provision of summary evaluation to demonstrate clear outcomes, conclusions and recommendations to inform and influence future planning and development of student recruitment event strategy.
About you:
We are looking for an experienced events professional who can demonstrate a positive, proactive and customer focused approach to ensure the delivery of an excellent enquirer and applicant experience.
You will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to work confidently with a wide range of stakeholders, build relationships, understand a variety of viewpoints, resolve difficult issues and tailor your approach in a way that is relevant to a particular audience. The ability to build consensus around key objectives and maintain strong working relationships with multiple stakeholders is critical to this role.
You will possess excellent planning and organisational skills and be able to carry out detailed assessment and analysis of complex issues and problems using specialist knowledge to identify appropriate solutions.
This role includes line management of four Marketing and Recruitment Assistants who are responsible for supporting events, activities, and administrative processes across all areas of the wider Recruitment and Admissions team.
Please see the attached job description for more information about this role.
Where is this role based?
Our lively Frenchay campus is easy to get to, with excellent road, rail and bus links. We also have a range of cycling and changing facilities, making it the ideal place to work for those commuting to Bristol.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 32,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,000 staff from across the globe. We are both globally connected and regionally embedded, with a strong network of employer and partner connections.
While we’re firmly future-focused, we have much to be proud of today: as well as scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we’re ranked 36th in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2022 and 39th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.
We are an ambitious and values led university. We're focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise and we are looking for people who share our core values to help us achieve those aims.
With inclusivity as a core value, UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We support and celebrate the diversity of our staff and students as a key driver for innovation and success, promoting pathways and achievements to inspire and generate confidence and ambition.
All the benefits
As well as progressive pay rates and flexible, family-friendly working, you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits. Including:
- a generous holiday allowance of 27 days pro rata if part time
- up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
- hybrid working
- career average pension schemes available for all staff groups
- access to employee assistance programme
- 1st month free to our Centre for Sport facilities for all new starters
- family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
- onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.
- Retail savings via the Wider Wallet scheme
- option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
Add your individuality to ours
Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing staff community of over 4,000 individuals and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic candidates as we’re currently under-represented in these areas. (Of course, all appointments are made on merit.)
APPLY NOW
If you would like an informal discussion, we would love to hear from you, please contact Zoe Macdonald on 0117 328 2319 or email [email protected]
This is a full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week. This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
Interviews are planned for Tuesday 4th April.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based with the opportunity for remote working.
The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.
We may be able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please read our Skilled Worker Guidance to assess if you will be eligible to be sponsored under the criteria.
Please also refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable to prove your right to work in the UK. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to produce your right to work documents at your interview.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
