Schools and Colleges Engagement Officer

This remote role will be based in the Midlands with some pre-arranged work at the University of Exeter campuses in Devon and Cornwall.

This full-time, permanent post is available immediately.

We have an exciting opportunity available within our award-winning Access, Participation & Outreach Team to work with schools and colleges to support student recruitment and widening participation. The successful candidate, based in the Midlands, will work with regional schools and colleges to support the recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds. A skilful communicator, you will be confident in dealing with people of all ages and backgrounds. Your primary focus will be building strong relationships with teachers and HE advisors in target schools to develop programmes of activity to help learners make informed choices about their future. Able to take an analytical and evidence informed approach to prioritisation and evaluation, you will be comfortable writing plans and reports. This remote role requires the ability to work autonomously while building strong collaborative working relationships with colleagues to deliver joint programmes and events. You will work with a range of stakeholders including teachers and HE, prospective students, parents and carers, and academics, so an ability to build partnerships and manage relationships is essential. This role will involve management of student groups, including under 18s and so knowledge of safeguarding, confidence in dealing with challenging or disruptive behaviour, and resilience under pressure will be essential.

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Please contract Dr Karl Devincenzi, Recruitment and Schools Relationships Manager, [email protected]