Outreach and Widening Participation Assistant

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28/11/2021, 23:55

Salford - Peel Park Campus
Marketing, Recruitment & External Relations
Secondment

£24,248 - £26,445

A bit about Marketing, Recruitment and External Relations…

In the Directorate of Marketing, Recruitment and External Relations, we are responsible for the core range of activities that promote and engage with our external environment and stakeholders. This includes both prospective and current students, businesses and our local community. Made up of Marketing and Communications, Student Recruitment and Outreach and External Relations teams, we work together to plan and deliver key activities that support the University’s ambitions for growth, diversity and an increased profile.

So what's on offer?

This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate to gain skills and experience to begin a rewarding career within the higher education sector. The role will give the post-holder the opportunity to gain an understanding of widening participation by way of their designated tasks, staff training and development opportunities.

The post holder will take primary responsibility for the administrative work supporting the Outreach & Widening Participation team. This will involve a wide variety of tasks which are crucial in the smooth running of the team. The role is customer facing and will be the first point of contact for queries from schools and colleges by both phone and email. The role holder will have responsibility for managing the team’s calendar of events, ensuring that information passed onto the outreach officers is accurate and up to date.

The successful candidate will take an active part in supporting on-campus events, taking a lead in pre-event organisation and providing on the day support including giving presentations about student life as a recent graduate. Attendee information will then be added to the HEAT database by the post holder following such events to enable the university to track impact and progress on an ongoing basis.

Greater Manchester Higher is a collaborative scheme across four universities and nine further education colleges and works in partnership with local teachers to provide school learners across Greater Manchester with free, high-quality higher education awareness-raising activities, as part of our commitment to widening participation. Activities include university visits, various activities in schools, professional development for teachers and events for targeted learners. As much of the outreach work which takes place at Salford is collaborative there will be a requirement to work with colleagues across the GM Higher network to ensure that events are successful, such as supporting campus visits or in-school delivery of workshops.

There will also be opportunities for the post-holder to work across the broader Recruitment Team, and to be directly involved in events such as Open Days, Applicant Visit Days and UCAS Fairs. Cross-team working is expected of all team members to support our common goal.

The post holder will be required to work flexible hours (including evenings and occasional weekend commitments).

You may be asked in the application process to submit a ‘cover letter’. What we are looking for is a detailed personal statement. It is not enough to simply state why you are applying for the role and why you think you are suitable. In order to fully meet the essential criteria candidates must show clear evidence of how they meet the criteria.  Simply stating that you have a skill or experience in an area is not sufficient, you must provide a clear example to show how you have met each of the criterion you address.

To discuss this role, please contact Carl Gleeson – Outreach and Widening Participation Team Leader - c.gleeson@salford.ac.uk

What’s in it for you?

With over 200 languages spoken across Greater Manchester, we want to create an inspirational, inclusive learning and working environment, celebrating the diversity of our University community in our everyday conversations. 

Flexibility on working from home is supported where possible, however the role will be based on the University of Salford campus. 

However you identify, whatever your pathway has been to get here, come and join us at the University of Salford where we are all proud to belong -  watch us in action here!

 

This opportunity is closed to applications.