Schools and Colleges Senior Officer Development

Job Title: Schools and Colleges Senior Officer (Development)

Location: Chelmsford

Salary: £37,099 - £42,978 per year.

Job type: 12-months Fixed term, Full time

Closing Date: Monday 6th May 2024.

Interviews to be held on: Friday 17th May 2024.

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

The Role:

You will Line Manage a growing team of Development Officers who are based across our four campuses. Your primary responsibility will be to oversee the development, implementation and maintenance of data-informed and evidence-led strategic and operational plans for the Officers, and to report progress against the wider Student Recruitment Strategy.

Candidate Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will need to be educated to degree level, with appropriate experience and evidence of CPD or be part qualified in a relevant professional qualification with experience and CPD relevant to the role. Experience of working in higher education student recruitment, outreach or similar role will be beneficial. You will need to be an innovative, creative thinker who is enthusiastic, proactive and highly organised. You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and you must be able to enthuse those around you. It's important that you can maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Confidence with taking the lead and owning problems to resolution is essential.

Benefits:

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of, Academic Development Officer, Schools Development Officer, Senior Development Officer, Senior student development officer, Talent Development Officer, Student Recruitment Officer, will also be considered for this role.