About this role
We seek an Embedded Outreach Officer to join our Admissions team. The post-holder will support the Admissions Tutor and other members of the College in advancing our admissions and outreach strategy by developing relationships with schools and colleges in our Link Area, in the North East of England.
The post-holder will be expected to support students in local schools when it comes to learning about the options available to them in relation to post-18 education and empowering them to make a competitive application to a top-university where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
- Take a lead role in developing and maintaining relationships with schools in the North East of England, including using data to target priority schools, and engaging directly with schools to continuously improve the support the College provides to teachers and students.
- Take a lead role in organising the practical arrangements for the College’s various outreach initiatives.
- Promote the College’s outreach initiatives in the College’s Link Area.
- Initiate and conduct school visits, delivering a range of sessions to students and teachers.
- Arrange and host visits to the College by school groups, educational charities, and individual prospective applicants. This will include proactive outreach to schools, and continuous review and improvement of visit provision.
- Collaborate to ensure a data-driven approach to targeting and initiative development, garnering regular feedback from students and schools and relaying this.
- Take a lead role in organising the practical arrangements for the Bridging Programme.
- Play a significant role in supporting the Admissions Office with the organisation and delivery of Open Days.
- Assist with the organisation of interview week.
- Maintain the HEAT database allowing full reporting of outreach activities.
- Report on a regular basis to the Admissions and Outreach team.
- Adhere to relevant risk assessments and safeguarding requirements.
- Assist in maintaining relationships with educational charities and other organisations involved in admissions and outreach.
- Support with the production of media content related to admissions and outreach.
- Participate in CAO schools conferences, and HE fairs throughout the UK.
The Person
The ideal candidate will demonstrate
Knowledge & experience
- Education to degree level (or equivalent).
- Highly literate and numerate.
- A full and clean UK driving licence.
- Experienced educator or a background in secondary education.
- Willingness to undertake a DBS check.
- Familiarity with the North East school system (desirable).
- Excellent administration and computer skills including Microsoft 365, and a good working knowledge of social media.
- Independent worker able to use initiative to make decisions.
- Ability to manage own workload and work to tight deadlines.
- Able to work alone and as part of a team.
- Knowledge of relevant regulatory environment, including those aspects relating to safeguarding and data protection.
- Ability to deliver professional presentations to a range of audiences.
- Experience of outreach initiatives.
- Project management and implementation experience (desirable).
- Experience of a college or university environment (desirable).
- Familiarity with the University of Cambridge and its collegiate structures (desirable).
- Familiarity with HEAT (desirable).
Personal skills & abilities
- Flexible and well-organised.
- Honest and trustworthy.
- Excellent inter-personal, communication and organisation skills.
- Able to travel regularly to Cambridge.
- Personal or professional ties to the North East of England, and/or the College’s Link Area.
A Candidate Pack can be found via the 'Apply' button above.
Closing Date: 5pm on Monday 30th November