About The Role
Join our HE Marketing and Student Recruitment Team as an Events and Student Recruitment Assistant. This exciting role provides an opportunity to support the planning and delivery of engaging recruitment events, build relationships with schools, colleges, and prospective students, and play a key role in showcasing the HE institutions of Luminate’s Education Group – Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds – to prospective students.
You will be joining a friendly, enthusiastic team that is passionate about delivering an outstanding experience for students, visitors, and stakeholders. Working across on-campus, online, and external events, you will help coordinate a wide range of activities, including Open Days, Offer Holder Days, school taster sessions, workshops, careers fairs, and exhibitions.
If you are organised, enjoy working with people, and thrive in a varied, fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you.
Contract: 6 months fixed term.
What You Will Do
- Work closely as part of a busy team to ensure that applicants, key influencers and colleagues receive a high-quality level of customer service.
- Support the maintenance and development of relationships with external stakeholders (such as feeder schools, colleges and groups) to support applications to Luminate’s HE institutions.
- Work collaboratively with admissions, digital, and marketing teams to promote recruitment events and deliver an excellent visitor experience.
- Recruit, train, and support Student Ambassadors to deliver a range of recruitment and engagement activities.
- Respond to enquiries, maintain accurate CRM records, and monitor recruitment activities to help inform future strategies and improvements.
About You
- GCSE grade 4/C (or equivalent) in English and Maths.
- Experience in event coordination, administration or delivering excellent customer service.
- Organised, adaptable and able to manage multiple tasks while responding to changing priorities.
- Strong communication, customer service and problem-solving skills.
- Confident using IT systems and standard Microsoft Office applications.
Benefits
Annual leave, pension schemes, CPD opportunities, qualifications, wellness initiatives, travel incentives and flexible working arrangements.
- Annual leave – Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays; Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays.
- Pension schemes – Teachers’ Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, People’s Pension Scheme.
- CPD opportunities – Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
- Qualifications – PGCE, apprenticeships, leadership and management courses.
- Employee wellbeing – Family friendly policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
- Travel and commuting – Discounted travel through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and cycle to work schemes.
- Flexible and hybrid working – Speak to recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias and promote a diverse talent pool.
Safeguarding
All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre‑employment checks including 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 with children.
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