Director of HE and International Student Recruitment & Marketing (LUM105/952)

About the Role

Leeds Conservatoire is a leading specialist conservatoire in the UK, delivering expert music and performing arts education to a community of over 1400 students. Our broad offering spans undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, along with Leeds Junior Conservatoire for young musicians and performers.  We offer a world-class education, in world-class facilities, enabling them to be confident, versatile and creative across their chosen fields.

University Centre Leeds offers a variety of higher education programs. It provides degree courses, foundation degrees, HTQs and postgraduate qualifications.  We focus on diverse academic disciplines and aim to provide accessible higher education opportunities to students.

Join us in collectively transforming lives through inspirational education, training, and support.

What You Will Do

The role will be responsible for developing and implementing home and international recruitment and associated marketing strategies, evaluating effectiveness of the strategies and ensuring appropriate market diversification, to drive student recruitment planning process with relevant internal and external stakeholders in order to set and subsequently deliver on targets.

The role will require collaborative working, engaging with the departments, central service areas, agent networks and partners, to ensure that the student recruitment activities are effectively coordinated and delivered, and aligned with the Group strategy. The role is expected to manage resources effectively and efficiently, and with a view to maintain quality in our service levels and provision.

As a member of the Luminate Senior Leadership Team, you will provide dynamic leadership, contribute innovative ideas, and foster a positive, empowered staff culture

About You

• Have a relevant degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Extensive experience in higher education marketing and recruitment of international students to the UK.
• A deep understanding of home and international student recruitment markets, admissions issues, and market trends.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and client service skills, as well as the ability to plan, organise, and manage your time effectively.
• Experience in using data to analyse and evaluate marketing strategies, as well as develop multi-channel market plans with creativity and innovation that match our brand
• Demonstrable experience of stakeholder relationship management and large-scale event management
• Proven success in crafting impactful campaigns to attract, engage, and convert prospective students.

Apply now to be part of a team dedicated to continuous improvement and a diverse, inclusive working environment. Your role goes beyond recruitment – it’s about making a lasting impact on the lives of our students and the community.

If you would like an informal chat about the role before applying or have any further questions please contact Saima Kossar on [email protected] to arrange this.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
  • Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
  • Academic 37 days
  • Senior Management 37 days
• Generous Pension schemes
  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme 
  • Local Government Pension Scheme 
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card). 
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities -  including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

At University Centre Leeds, we provide a supportive higher education environment designed to promote and enhance independent learning. We have access to industry standard equipment unique to many of our subject areas. These range from our makeup studios to practical science labs.  University Centre is proud to be the highest rated for student satisfaction in Leeds for the third year running (National Student Survey 2022).

Leeds Conservatoire is a music conservatoire located in the Quarry Hill district of Leeds. It provides a variety of undergraduate, foundation and postgraduate degrees in music, dance & drama related subject areas. It also offers a variety of short courses, and organise frequent concerts, festivals and events.  Its emphasis on practical training, creative industry links, help ensure it provides a vibrant artistic community for students. 

We are looking for inspiring and innovative individuals to help us deliver our vision.

We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. Choosing to work for here means that you will be part of an inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you. 

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential.  Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.