Student Recruitment Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to support the work of the UK Student Recruitment team in delivering high quality information, advice and guidance to potential Bath applicants and to schools and colleges regionally and nationally.

For this role you will be:

• able to engage effectively with young people (typically aged 15-17) in the UK schools system and will have a commitment to student recruitment and widening access to Bath
• confident in the use of technology
• flexible to work outside contracted working hours to attend wide range of in-school events, working evenings and weekends as required (time in-lieu will be given)

Duties will include:

• travelling to schools and colleges across the UK and Ireland to talk to prospective students about what it is like to choose to study at Bath
• attending in-school HE and Careers Fairs, large UCAS and other Higher Education Exhibitions
• delivering a range of talks on applying to university and choosing to study at Bath. 

This role will involve frequent travel, including regular overnight stays during busier periods, and a full UK driving licence (or the ability to use public transport) is essential.

For informal enquiries please contact Steven Lawrence, Head of UK UG Student Recruitment, at [email protected]  

This role is fixed-term with an expected end date of August 2025. 

The successful candidate will be expected to complete a full, satisfactory DBS check.

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

Find out more about our benefits .

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award . We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff .

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.