Recruitment, Conversion and Fair Access Officer

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Admissions: Recruitment, Conversion and Fair Access (Scotland), the post holder will be required to undertake a variety of outreach, recruitment, admissions, and conversion activities, as well as lead delivery of designated school outreach project, working with young people from P7 - S6.

The post holder should be sensitive and interested in widening participation across schools and colleges. The post holder should have a good understanding of current government strategic objectives in relation to Widening Access to Higher Education and be able to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders from across the sector including applicants, academic colleagues, school and college staff, parents and care providers and community learning partners. The post holder will have an active role in application reading, general recruitment responsibilities throughout Scotland and the UK. The post holder will also act as Regional Lead of a designated area of Scotland for Recruitment and Conversion activity. The post holder will be able to work independently, and have a proactive approach to working practices, actively seeking new opportunities for development and improvements to workload and have a student-centred approach.

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC013532).

• Annual leave of 34 days, plus 5 public holidays
• Financial contribution to relocation
• Membership of the S&LAS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
• A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies
• Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services
• Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel
• Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff/children of staff, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme and a range of wellbeing initiatives