Senior Recruitment and Outreach Officer

The Admissions Office of Murray Edwards College is seeking to appoint a Senior Recruitment and Outreach Officer to support and deliver recruitment and outreach activities. The post is designed to enable the College to think proactively about the most effective ways to promote Cambridge, and Murray Edwards in particular, to outstanding young women of ability and potential.  

The Senior Recruitment and Outreach Officer will work with the Admissions Tutor primarily to develop and implement an ongoing recruitment strategy, which will involve helping to organise events in Cambridge, attending recruitment events, and visiting schools around the UK to deliver presentations. 

The postholder will work with the Admissions Tutor to research further development of the College’s recruitment, producing reports on outreach and recruitment activity and analysing the impact of this. S/he will maintain, develop and oversee the College’s current She Talks Science blog and consider the development of other similar initiatives in the future. 

The role will also work in a coordinating capacity with others within the College, schools and among the alumnae population to ensure a consistency of message and activities.

The postholder will be qualified to degree level, with sound knowledge of the secondary and/or higher education sector in the UK, combined with an understanding of the issues that affect recruitment. The post calls for outstanding communication skills. Experience of coordinating and running events and excellent organisational skills will be key to this role, as will a strong ability to think strategically and organise and prioritise a diverse workload. It also calls for the ability to interact enthusiastically and professionally with a range of different groups, including students, parents and teachers in schools and colleges, and Fellows, staff and students within Murray Edwards College.

This is a challenging but highly rewarding post in a collaborative and supportive environment. It offers scope for strategic thinking as well as teamwork and interaction with school students, teachers and academics within Cambridge. The post might appropriately be filled by someone already working in student recruitment seeking a more strategic position, a teacher seeking new challenges, or any highly organised and capable graduate interested in recruiting undergraduates and widening participation while maintaining the highest academic standards. 

For full details, please visit: https://www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/about/work-us