Jobs at Goldsmiths
Jobs at Goldsmiths
Student Recruitment Officer (Maternity Cover)
Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.
About the Department
Communications, Marketing and Recruitment Directorate
The Communications, Marketing and Recruitment (CMR) Directorate plays a central role in telling the Goldsmiths story to our key audiences. Our CMR Strategy is aligned to four institutional objectives (a distinctive academic portfolio and approach to teaching and learning; research engaged in real world problems; promoting Goldsmiths as a cultural hub; and preparing students for the future job market).
The Directorate covers internal communications, media relations, strategic communications, brand and design, digital website, video and social media), marketing, business partnering, and UK and International recruitment. Colleagues are encouraged to be ambitious, committed to the learning and development of themselves and others, keen to work across conventional boundaries, and driven by the desire to play their part in the delivery of an excellent student, colleague and external audience experience.
UK Student Recruitment team
The UK Student Recruitment team is committed to providing advice and guidance to prospective students and their parents and supporters. The team also works closely with teachers and careers advisers at schools and colleges, with a focus on working with post-16 and mature students. Through the activities, events and projects they develop and deliver, they strive to encourage students to apply to Goldsmiths, regardless of their background. www.gold.ac.uk/schools-and-colleges
About the Role
The Student Recruitment Officer works on a range on initiatives and projects with different audiences. The schools and colleges liaison work is focused on developing effective, sustainable working relationships with careers advisers and subject teachers, who work predominantly with post-16 and mature students. This area of work covers digital and print communications (such as GoldNetwork, our monthly e-newsletter) and devising and delivering on-campus, off-campus and digital/online events. Some of the school events are delivered solely by the UK Student Recruitment team, some are delivered in partnership with academic departments.
Project-based work is focused on developing student-led interest and connecting individual students with Goldsmiths. Current projects for the team include the Year 12 master classes delivered through Goldsmiths Taster Days and Channel Talent, Young Writer Competitions, and large-scale HE and careers fairs organised by providers such as UCAS and UK Uni Search.
Benefits
We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club and creative writing classes.