Manager, Engagement and Student Recruitment

• Faculty of Science

• Drive engagement and recruitment strategies and activities aligned with university goals

• Full-time fixed-term position until end of February 2025.

• Based at St Lucia Campus

About This Opportunity 

The Manager, Engagement and Student Recruitment is responsible for driving and managing customer-centric, evidenced-based outreach, engagement and recruitment strategies, programs and activities for a range of audiences. A key focus is leading and managing development, optimisation, delivery and evaluation of domestic undergraduate and postgraduate future student pipeline development and recruitment strategies and partnerships that measurably support UQ and Faculty strategic priorities and achievements of targets, including UQ’s Queensland Commitment .

This is a hands-on role, leading a small team within Science Marketing, Communications and Future Students unit, and will require you to work collaboratively with colleagues across the university, subject matter experts and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include: 

Strategy and planning

• Manage the development and delivery of future student engagement and recruitment plans and activities for undergraduate and post-graduate coursework programs, ensuring a collaborative approach with partners, internal and external stakeholders, and a coordinated approach across the Faculty.

Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement

• Create opportunities, build effective relationships with secondary schools and industry organisations/groups

• Oversee a coordinated approach across the Faculty, ensuring strategically aligned and successful engagement and recruitment initiatives, workshops, and events

• Drive B2C, B2B2C, B2B strategies to achieve student recruitment goals

• Develop marketing content for future student pipeline growth and student recruitment initiatives

• Provide advice and services to internal clients for a range of other external engagement activities, including event planning support, assessments and recommendations on engagement initiatives, sponsorships, events.

Evaluation and reporting

• Measure and report the effectiveness of engagement, outreach and student recruitment initiatives.

• Use market data and customer insights to inform strategies and activities, and use data to drive continuous improvement.

Management

• Supervise a team of 3-4, and participate in committees and working groups as required.

• Build relationships with internal teams and manage a small budget.

Location and Travel

• The position is based at the St Lucia campus but travel will be required routinely to UQ Gatton Campus.

• Undertake occasional evening and weekend events e.g. Open Day, outreach, recruitment and engagement events.

• The role may be required to travel very occasionally, representing UQ at intrastate and interstate events (and may include after hours and weekends as agreed in advance).

This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position until end of February 2025.

At HEW level 8, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $108,975.08 - $122,176.31, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $127,500.84 - $142,946.29 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About You  

• Degree in marketing/business and/or equivalent experience in student recruitment or relevant transferrable experience

• Proven track record of developing, delivering and evaluating successful student recruitment strategies and activities

• Strong experience in developing and nurturing successful partnerships and stakeholder relationships

• Experience developing, implementing and evaluating external engagement strategies, activities and events for a range of audiences

• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills, and strong organizational abilities

• Demonstrated analytical skills and ability to use data to inform strategies

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex information into easy to understand marketing and communications content, and working effectively with subject matter experts

• Experience managing teams, developing a high-performance team culture, and budget management

• Proficient in relevant software including event management, marketing, CRM, and MS Office

• Experience in higher education or related sector is highly desirable.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks:  All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.  

 
Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kylie Roots [email protected] or 0418160177.

For application queries or full Position Description, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Maximum 2-page cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section relative to the role purpose and key responsibilities

• Resume, including two current referees

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] .

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Tuesday April 30th at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-36071).