Schools and Colleges Engagement Officer - Outreach

at  Anglia Ruskin University

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.

GUIDANCE NOTES:

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
Job Category

Administrative
Vacancy Type

Permanent
Employment Type

Full time
Salary From

£30,505
Salary To

£35,880
Location

Chelmsford/Cambridge/Peterborough
Faculty/Prof Service

Corporate Marketing
Ref No
3217
Closing Date
24/11/2024

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Outreach Officer to join the Schools and Colleges Engagement team within the Corporate Marketing Directorate. This role will support the delivery of our Access and Participation Plan and Education Action Plan, with a targeted focus on students who are care leavers or have care experience.
Your primary responsibility will be to work alongside the team to develop a range of face-to-face, and virtual, activities that engage core target groups of primary, secondary and Further Education students both on and off campus. This includes but is not limited to, students from Gypsy / Roma / Traveller Communities, care leaver/experienced students, students with SEND and students from Military Families. Most activity programmes will be progressive, and all will focus on raising attainment.
To be successful in this role you will need to be educated to degree level and have experience of, and be passionate about, working with diverse groups of people from primary age students to mature students, as well as their parents/carers and teachers/advisors. You will be well-informed about progression routes to higher education and interested in supporting young people and mature learners take their next steps from school or college with confidence.
You will need to be an innovative, creative thinker who is enthusiastic, proactive, patient and highly organised. You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and you must be able to engage and enthuse those around you. It is important that you can develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of colleagues, partners, and external stakeholders. Confidence with organising and presenting group activities is essential.
The successful applicant will be based at either the Chelmsford, Cambridge, or Peterborough campus with the option of remote working. Regular travel to schools and colleges, occasional travel between campuses, and occasional work outside of normal office hours is expected.
It is expected that face-to-face interviews will take place on Thursday 12th December 2024 (Campus tbc)
Informal enquiries can be made Meenujah Logasounthiran at meenujah.logasounthiran@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us.
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.