Student Recruitment Marketing Officer, DIU London, England
Job description
About us
University College London (UCL)
UCL is a multi-disciplinary university with a population of over 13,000 staff and 42,000 students from 150 different countries. Degree programmes are provided in Arts and Humanities, Built Environment, Brain Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Education, Laws, Life Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences and Social and Historical Sciences.
For more information see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about
UCL Engineering
Engineering Sciences comprises ten academic departments that undertake research and teaching across a wide range of disciplines. Our scientists and engineers take discoveries from fundamentals to practice, producing innovative technological solutions to challenging problems. It is a dynamic and growing faculty, with a strong vision and desire to use our talents to ‘Change the world’.
For more information see www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering
About the Digital Innovation Unit
The Digital Innovation Unit is a capability within the Faculty of UCL Engineering Sciences and the first of its kind in UCL, if not the UK. Its mission is to develop a model for the ‘Faculty of the Future’, by applying digital innovation to all aspects of academic practice: research, teaching, knowledge transfer and professional services.
About the role
The post holder will play a key role in the life cycle of communications and marketing strategies and activities related to prospective students, ensuring these are in line with the faculty and UCL as a whole.
Working with a number of departments, the post holder will lead in areas, not limited to, but including: ensuring prospectus information is complete and compliant with the relevant UCL and Competition and Markets Authority regulations, designing and producing marketing literature as well as event co-ordination including virtual and on-campus open days.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.
- This is a fixed-term role until the end of December 2024 in the first instance, and is open to applications on a secondment basis.
- The advert is set to close on Thursday 22nd June at 23:59 GMT.
- We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
- This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.
- If you have any queries about the role or application process, have any technical issues, or need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online, please contact the staffing team on [email protected].
- This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
About you
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following criteria:
- Educated to A level standard (Grade C or above) or having acquired relevant experience in terms of writing and analysis.
- Understanding of the rapidly developing digital landscape and the relationships between SEO, paid activity, content and social media in respect to marketing.
- Experience of creating and managing news and media content.
- Computer literacy, including competency in word processing (e.g. Microsoft Word) and familiarity with the rest of the Microsoft suite of software (especially Excel and Outlook) as well as diary management software and Google Analytics.
- Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to communicated and tailor content effectively to different formats and audiences.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.
