Recruitment and Outreach Officer

About the role

University College Birmingham is expanding its higher‑education and further‑education portfolio and needs a dynamic Recruitment and Outreach Officer to champion its career‑focused courses across schools and colleges in the West Midlands.

Key responsibilities

• Represent UCB at schools, colleges and national recruitment events, delivering engaging presentations and workshops.
• Build and maintain partnerships with teachers, careers advisers and local employers.
• Promote subject master‑classes, campus visits and other student‑experience activities.
• Contribute to regional recruitment growth strategies using data and insight.
• Travel regularly across the West Midlands and occasionally further afield, requiring a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Required profile

• Confident communicator comfortable presenting to large groups.
• Proven ability to develop professional relationships and work towards targets.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage a regional portfolio of schools and colleges.
• Passionate about supporting young people to pursue higher‑education pathways.

Required skills

What we offer

• 29 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays and concessionary days.
• Employer‑contributed pension (20.9%) and subsidised private healthcare.
• Employee assistance programme, health MOTs and staff development opportunities.