Student Recruitment Manager (International)

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The opportunity

This role will contribute to the successful delivery of UAL’s international student recruitment strategy. Working with the Head of International Student Recruitment and other colleagues in the Student Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions department, you will take a lead role in managing student recruitment activities to achieve the University’s strategic and operational objectives. This will include the operational management and delivery of international recruitment activity plans in your designated markets, working with the marketing team to create coordinated, data-led marketing and recruitment plans focused on priority markets; managing networks of agent and school relationships in allocated markets; and taking line management responsibility for several international recruitment team members.  You will identify and respond to developments in the global student recruitment market, raise UAL brand awareness, deliver excellent customer service across the international prospective student journey from enquiry to enrolment, and provide input into the development of a suite of recruitment materials, across relevant platforms, that are tailored to the needs of prospective international students.

About you

Educated to degree level or above, you will have experience of managing staff and relationships with agents and feeder institutions. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable about and interested in the global student recruitment market, and experienced in managing recruitment both directly and through the overseas agent channel. You will be collaborative, flexible and target-driven. The role will include travel in the UK, EU and internationally. The role requires effective internal and external liaison and you will act as a key ambassador representing the University. It will demand exceptional interpersonal skills including the ability to develop strong working relationships, communicate effectively across a diverse set of audiences, and negotiate with and influence important internal and external stakeholders. If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Leila Farrance, Resourcing Adviser via email at PSOstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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