Student Recruitment Officer

Description

Student Recruitment Officer

Type: Permanent; 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £28,500 – £30,000 (Plus Bonus dependent on targets and business performance)

Location: UA92 Campuses with travel required

Closing Date: 17th May 2026

Why Our Client – UA92

UA92 is deliberately different. Born from the winning mentality of the Class of '92 and the academic excellence of Lancaster University, they are on a mission to transform lives through education. The kind of education that breaks down barriers, opens doors, and gives people the real-world tools to unlock their greatness.

Now they are looking for someone who brings that same energy to their work. Someone who doesn't just fill a pipeline, they build relationships, sparks ambitions, and closes the deal on futures.

The Role

As their Student Recruitment Officer, you'll be the face of UA92 in schools, colleges, and communities across the region and beyond. You'll be the reason someone takes a chance on higher education. You'll open conversations, build lasting partnerships, and guide prospective students all the way from first contact to enrolment day.

This is a target-driven, conversion-focused role with full ownership of your recruitment pipeline. You’ll be responsible for turning interest into enrolments, managing prospects through every stage of the funnel, and delivering against clear conversion and enrolment targets. You'll own your targets, work autonomously, and use data to sharpen your approach. You'll also get to be creative, designing fresh outreach activities, exploring digital engagement.

What You'll Be Doing:

Build and nurture a strong network of schools, colleges, and community partners, becoming their go-to contact for all things UA92.Deliver compelling presentations, workshops, and events that bring UA92's story to life for diverse audiences.Own and actively manage your pipeline from first enquiry to enrolment, taking accountability for conversion at every stage and consistently hitting recruitment targets.Champion widening participation – reaching underrepresented communities and demonstrating what makes UA92 genuinely inclusive.Use data to track performance, optimise conversion, and identify where to intervene to hit targets.Innovate – whether it's a new digital approach, a community initiative, or an on-campus event, bring your ideas and make them happen.Be a proud, visible ambassador for UA92's mission and values every single day.

What They’re Looking For

The Essentials:

Experience in a sales, customer-facing, outreach, recruitment, or engagement-focused role.A proven track record of building and maintaining strong external relationships.Confident in presenting and facilitating to a range of audiences.Experience working to targets or KPIs and delivering against them.Strong organisational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities independently.

Desirables:

Experience within higher education, further education, or student recruitment.Familiarity with CRM or applicant tracking systems.Skills in digital engagement, social media, virtual events, and online outreach.A flair for data analysis and using insight to drive better outcomes.

Who You Are

You're passionate about making education accessible. You're brave enough to try new things and bold enough to back yourself. You're inclusive in everything you do, and you thrive when you're out in the world making things happen. You're driven by results and working to targets. You're a team player and a self-starter in equal measure.

In short, you live the UA92 values – They Care. They’re Brave & Bold. They’re Inclusive.

Why UA92?

They are a disruptive, ambitious institution with big plans, a tight-knit team, and a relentless focus on social mobility. You'll work somewhere that values your ideas, invests in your growth, and measures success by the lives they change.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

UA92 is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. They actively encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and those with non-traditional career paths.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. UA92 cannot sponsor visas for this role.

When you click apply you will be taken to their careers page to complete your application.

Ad ID: 5418242635