Job Description

Salary

The starting salary for this post will be from 33,482 on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type

Admin, Professional, Managerial

Date posted

16/04/2025

Job reference

S80698

External Engagement and Global

This full-time role is available immediately on a permanent basis.



This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working - some time on campus and some from home.

Summary of the role

We have an exciting opportunity available within our award-winning Access, Participation & Outreach Team to design and deliver outreach, events and programmes to support student recruitment and widening participation. The successful candidate will support the planning and delivery of residential programmes, run events on campus, and lead on the day-to-day delivery of priority student recruitment and widening participation projects, both in person and online.



You will also be involved in developing lesson plans, online resources and/or marketing materials. A skillful communicator and event manager, you will be confident in dealing with people of all ages and backgrounds. Your primary focus will be ensuring activity is coordinated and impactful with the aim of growing applications from high quality students from a diverse range of backgrounds and supporting the University's recruitment and widening participation agendas.



You will work both on and off campus with a range of stakeholders including teachers and HE advisors, prospective students, parents and carers, academics and postgraduate researchers, 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.

Please ensure you read the and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.

The University of Exeter

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

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

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.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:


41 days leave per year options for flexible working numerous discounts at leading retailers onsite gyms on all of our campus' and a cycle to work scheme sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Please contact Roisin Quinn, R.Quinn2@exeter.ac.uk for more information.