Student Recruitment & Marketing Officer

Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableEntry LevelFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the front line of student recruitment by guiding families and schools through options, while representing the college at events to spark inquiries and enrollments; keep event operations running smoothly and collaborate across marketing and curriculum to land recruitment activity; relentlessly spot and fix small frictions that slow conversions.

  • Student Recruitment Ownership: Build relationships with prospective students, parents, and schools to move them toward the next step.
  • Events & Representation: Present the college at events and campuses to generate inquiries and engagement.
  • Operations & Collaboration: Maintain organized processes and align with marketing and curriculum to improve recruitment outcomes.

Job Description

  • Responsibilities: Talking to prospective students, parents, and schools in a way that feels natural
  • Responsibilities: Helping people understand their options and feel confident about their next step
  • Responsibilities: Representing the college at events, in schools, at other colleges, and on campus
  • Responsibilities: Keeping things organised behind the scenes so events and activity run smoothly
  • Responsibilities: Working with colleagues across marketing, curriculum, and the wider college to make recruitment activity land well
  • Responsibilities: Spotting what could be improved and getting stuck in to make it better
  • Preferred: Reliable - you do what you say you’ll do
  • Preferred: Comfortable talking to anyone
  • Preferred: Proactive - you don’t wait to be told everything
  • Preferred: Someone who gets stuck in, even when it’s not strictly “your job”
  • Preferred: Quick to learn and apply what you pick up
  • Preferred: The kind of person others enjoy working with
  • Benefits: Time off in lieu for out-of-hours events
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East Sussex College

East Sussex College has an exciting and ambitious vision.We deliver high-quality academic, professional and technical learning that creates strong progression opportunities for our students and supports the national skills agenda across East Sussex.Our focus is on raising standards, strengthening economic growth and working closely with our partners across schools, universities, training providers, employers and local authorities. These collaborations help us open new opportunities, extend our reach and ensure we remain inclusive and connected to all our communities.Our mission is simple: to maximise learning, skills development and progression for people across East Sussex.

Darlington, England, GBR
452 employees (21 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
32.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58%
Direct
33.1%
Referral
6.5%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~453

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1