Internal Redeployment Only - Student Recruitment and Events Officer bei Cardiff University
Cardiff University · Cardiff, Vereinigtes Königreich · Onsite
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Please note that this job is open only to current Cardiff University staff who are eligible for Redeployment.
Internal Redeployment Only - Student Recruitment and Events Officer
We’re looking for a proactive and creative person to join the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences team as a Student Recruitment and Events Officer. This exciting role supports student recruitment activity through the planning and delivery of engaging events for prospective students. The role-holder will offer professional advice and support in the delivery of events that support our Schools with their home and international student recruitment ambitions.
Leading a coordinated approach to open days, offer-holder events and webinars, the role-holder will work closely with academic schools, central services, and external partners. They’ll also be the College’s key contact for the International Study Centre and support our work to enhance applicant conversion.
The Student Recruitment and Events Officer also acts as the administrative lead for some of our key international scholarships, liaising with Academic Schools and students to ensure effective and efficient management of the process, and is the secretary for the College’s Admissions and Recruitment Group.
If you’re well organised, dynamic, have experience in events management and excellent communication skills, we’d love to hear from you.
This post is full-time and fixed-term until 31 January 2027.
Salary: £33,951 - £36,636 per annum (Grade 5)
Closing date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Internal Redeployment Only - Student Recruitment and Events Officer
We’re looking for a proactive and creative person to join the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences team as a Student Recruitment and Events Officer. This exciting role supports student recruitment activity through the planning and delivery of engaging events for prospective students. The role-holder will offer professional advice and support in the delivery of events that support our Schools with their home and international student recruitment ambitions.
Leading a coordinated approach to open days, offer-holder events and webinars, the role-holder will work closely with academic schools, central services, and external partners. They’ll also be the College’s key contact for the International Study Centre and support our work to enhance applicant conversion.
The Student Recruitment and Events Officer also acts as the administrative lead for some of our key international scholarships, liaising with Academic Schools and students to ensure effective and efficient management of the process, and is the secretary for the College’s Admissions and Recruitment Group.
If you’re well organised, dynamic, have experience in events management and excellent communication skills, we’d love to hear from you.
This post is full-time and fixed-term until 31 January 2027.
Salary: £33,951 - £36,636 per annum (Grade 5)
Closing date: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job Description
Key Duties
- Plan and deliver student recruitment events on behalf of the College, liaising with the various Academic Schools, and central professional services divisions, as well as external suppliers where appropriate;
- Act as the College point of contact on the Open Day Working Group;
- Support the College’s Academic Schools in the delivery of offer-holder day activities and the joint honours offer holder events;
- Support the College’s Academic Schools with the delivery of online events and webinars to support applicant conversion;
- Support and lead student recruitment by building and managing relationships with key stakeholders, assisting with conversion activities and arranging overseas events in key markets for students and alumni;
- Provide professional advice and guidance on recruitment events, processes and procedures to internal and external customers, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate, and ensuring complex and conceptual issues are understood;
- Act as the College lead point of contact for the International Study Centre, working with relevant colleagues in the ISC and the International Office as needed;
- Investigate and analyse specific events management issues creating recommendation reports, supported by advances in events management technology;
- Proactively change the delivery of events according to customer requirements;
- Provide administrative support to Admissions and Recruitment Group meetings at both College and School level, including preparation of agendas, papers and minutes;
- Oversee administration linked with School-specific scholarship schemes, ensuring terms and conditions are adhered to and that students are allocated the correct funding support;
- Collaborate with others in order to make recommendations for the development of established processes and procedures;
- Establish working relationships with key contacts, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required;
- Create and supervise specific project teams on an occasional basis to accomplish key objectives.
- Undertake a variety of administrative duties to support the College;
- Instruct and guide other employees across the College on events management best practice as required.
- Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties
- Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity
- Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role
Salary Range Max.
36,636
Grade
Grade 5
Salary Range Min.
33,951
Job Category
Marketing, Media and Public Relations
Career Pathway
Managerial, Professional and Specialist Staff – MPSS
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Qualifications and Education
10. A willingness to undertake further training and development
Desirable Criteria
Qualifications and Education
- Degree/NVQ 4 or equivalent Professional membership/experience
- Substantial experience of working within events management or a relevant field
- Able to demonstrate professional knowledge within events management to give advice and guidance to internal and external customers
- Ability to set up standard office systems and procedures and make improvements as appropriate
- Ability to communicate conceptually detailed and complex information effectively and professionally with a wide range of people
- Evidence of ability to explore customers’ needs and adapt the service accordingly to ensure a quality service is delivered
- Evidence of ability to solve expansive problems using initiative and creativity; identifying and proposing practical solutions and resolving problems with range of potential outcomes
- Evidence of demonstrable knowledge of key advances within events management
- Evidence of ability to work unsupervised to deadlines, planning and setting priorities for own work and that of others and monitoring and reporting on progress.
10. A willingness to undertake further training and development
Desirable Criteria
- Postgraduate/Professional qualification
- Experience of working in a Higher Education environment
- Fluency in Welsh, written and oral
