Recruitment Events Coordinator

The role

Based at our Headington campus, and reporting to the UK Recruitment Manager (Content & Audience), the Recruitment Events Coordinator will be responsible for the coordination of all on-campus recruitment events, providing essential operational support to the UK Recruitment Manager. This includes large-scale events such as University Open Days and Offer Holder Days, as well as Taster Days, postgraduate events, campus visits, and ad-hoc events. Key duties involve substantial liaison across the institution with academics and professional services, and outside the institution with various suppliers. The role also includes leading the development and delivery of online recruitment events. The post holder will supervise a team of student ambassadors.

About the team

The Recruitment Events Coordinator is part of the UK Recruitment and Partnerships Department within the Marketing, Recruitment and Engagement Directorate. The team is responsible for planning and delivering recruitment activity to attract undergraduate and postgraduate students to Oxford Brookes University. You will be working closely with colleagues in UK Recruitment, Strategic Marketing teams, and the Marketing Operations and Delivery team, fostering relationships with professional services and academic staff across the University to ensure the successful delivery and continuous improvement of all recruitment events.

What will I be doing?

• Plan, design, and deliver the University’s Undergraduate and Postgraduate Open, Offer Holder Day, Enhanced Campus Tours and Taster Days, including the project management of all logistics and infrastructure across all campuses.
• Manage all event-related administration, including maintaining action plans, stakeholder databases, schedules, and risk assessments to required deadlines.
• Coordinate the involvement of professional services, faculty, student ambassadors, and the Students’ Union in recruitment events, including providing training and creating rotas.

See Job Description for full details.

What skills do I need?

• Significant event management experience, including the delivery of large-scale events.
• Proven experience of fostering excellent working relationships and working collaboratively with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Experience of working in a customer-focused environment with excellent customer service skills.
• Experience of supervising staff or volunteers, such as student ambassadors.
• Project management experience and the ability to manage projects to achieve stated objectives.

About the location

This is a hybrid role, with two days per week on campus in a standard week. On-site time increases in the run-up to major events. Due to the nature of recruitment events, this role requires flexibility and includes working evenings and weekends, specifically 12 Saturdays per year for Open, Offer Holder Days and Enhanced Campus Tours.

Benefits

As one of the largest employers in Oxford, we pride ourselves on the great experience we offer our staff. You’ll join a friendly, professional environment where every member of staff is recognised as important to the success of Oxford Brookes University. To find out more about the benefits of working for Oxford Brookes, please visit our website.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

At Oxford Brookes, inclusivity is one of our five guiding principles: we take positive steps to create an environment in which we celebrate, value and provide equal opportunity to all. We are committed to recruiting from the widest possible pool and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates who embrace our values, regardless of their background.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential selection criteria.