Student Recruitment Officer

To actively promote the full time, part time, evening, work-based learning and higher education courses at Oldham College. To increase and improve links with schools, colleges and the community in Oldham and the surrounding boroughs in order to increase application numbers, enrolment and conversion rates for both Oldham College and University Campus Oldham (UCO) in line with organisational targets.

You will be a highly motivated individual who promotes a quality service. You will be part of a small, highly driven team that engages with schools, colleges and key stakeholders in the community on a regular basis to promote all that the College has to offer.  You will create and deliver inspirational and aspirational presentations at assemblies and engage in classroom workshops. You will attend external recruitment events meaning you may frequently work out-of-hours.

Outstanding customer service standards will be required at all times and the post holder will be a strong advocate for technical and professional education, and be an exemplary ambassador for Oldham College, will have confidence in delivering presentational to larger groups of people and be able to provide career information, advice and guidance to potential students of the college.

Alun Francis, our Principal, says: “This is a very important appointment, the Student Services Department is central to our plans for the future, and we are looking for high calibre candidates.  We want people who love their profession, are committed to providing high quality support to students, colleagues and the wider college.  We are investing in the facilities, employer relationships and the skills and knowledge of our staff.  We are looking for people who will respond to this, love the learners and enjoy the challenges and benefits of working at Oldham College”.

Chloe Blackshaw Team Leader of The Student Recruitment Team, says the Student Recruitment Officer is an exciting opportunity to be a strong ambassador for Technical and Professional Education at the College. This role is crucial in the recruitment strategy for the College.

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, our colleagues have access to numerous benefits and facilities:  

• Generous Pension Scheme  
• Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
• Very generous holiday entitlement - 32 Days annual leave per year plus bank holidays and 2 weeks Christmas leave.
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
• Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
• Free confidential counselling service
• Staff recognition awards
• Subsidised car parking
• On-site Day Nursery
• On-site hair and beauty salon both offering staff discounts

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With a “good” Ofsted rating, one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer. 

But we want to deliver much more than this.  Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it.  We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities and new technology. 

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best.  But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet.

The College is in the top quartile for 16-18 programmes of study and English GCSE resits, and in apprenticeship provision, but is the second highest performing provider Greater Manchester. The quality of its higher education provision is better than many established universities. 

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