Schools & Colleges Engagement Officer (Widening Access)
Chelmsford, Essex, UK (Unknown)
Posted 2 months ago
Job Summary
Lead the design and delivery of face-to-face activities that engage primary, secondary and Further Education students, focusing on raising attainment and progression off and on campus.
- Engage diverse groups including Gypsy/Roma/Traveller Communities, care leavers, SEND students, and military families.
- Develop progressive activity programmes aimed at raising attainment.
- Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to run engaging activities and support students’ next steps.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Your primary responsibility will be to work alongside the team to develop a range of face-to-face activities that engage core target groups of primary, secondary and Further Education students both on and off campus.
- This includes but is not limited to, students from Gypsy / Roma / Traveller Communities, care leaver/experienced students, students with SEND and students from Military Families.
- Most activity programmes will be progressive, and all will focus on raising attainment.
Requirements
- educated to degree level
- experience of, and be passionate about, working with diverse groups of people from primary age students to mature students, as well as their parents/carers and teachers/advisors
- well-informed about progression routes to higher education
- interested in supporting young people and mature learners take their next steps from school or college with confidence
- innovative, creative thinker who is enthusiastic, proactive, patient and highly organised
- excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- ability to engage and enthuse those around you
- ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of colleagues, partners, and external stakeholders
- confidence with organising and presenting group activities
Benefits
- generous holiday entitlement
- occupational pension schemes
- training and development opportunities
- travel to work scheme
- competitive relocation package
Anglia Ruskin University
Contact: +44 (0)1245 686868Apply: aru.ac.uk/apply ARU is an innovative global university with students from 185 countries coming to study with us on campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough and London. Our community is incredibly important to us, and we're proud of the role we play in our cities and the wider region – including the positive effect on jobs and the local economy. AMBITION- We're one of the top 350 institutions in the world in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 – and one of the top 40 universities in the UK. - We're also listed in the Top 10 for social inclusion in The Times Good University Guide 2021. EXCELLENCE - We were named as the UK’s leading university for education and sports science courses in the 2021 Guardian League Table. - Our Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Silver award recognises the quality of our courses and high levels of student satisfaction. COLLABORATION- Many of our courses are recognised by industry and a large number are professionally accredited, making our students career-ready. - Each year, we also help 2,000 businesses grow with interns, training, research and collaborative programmes. IMPACT- 12 academic areas are classed as generating world-leading research. ENTERPRISE - We pride ourselves on being as enterprising as we are innovative and nurture those qualities in our students, with mentorship, support and start-up funding on offer through the Anglia Ruskin Enterprise Academy. ENTHUSIASM- We’re the only UK university to be named a global 'rising star' according to Times Higher Education 2016.
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£31K/yr – £37K/yr
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Schools & Colleges Engagement Officer (Widening Access)
Anglia Ruskin University · Chelmsford, Essex, UK · Unknown
