University Access Officer - Midlands - The Guardian : Job Details

 An exciting opportunity has arisen for a University Access Officer to join a fantastic education charity based in the West Midlands.

Salary: £24,570

Job Location: 2 days in a school in Wednesbury, 2 days in a school in Cradley Heath and Fridays working from home.

The charity’s mission is to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. The University Access Officer mentors students, delivering group workshops, mentoring and coaching them on how to access and transition to university.

This is an exciting opportunity to foster mentoring relationships with students who will likely be encountering such support for the first time. The University Access Officer is in a position to open up a world of opportunities to the students which is extremely rewarding.

Key responsibilities include:

• Engaging with students in school and enrolling them onto the programme
• Matching students with volunteer tutors
• Monitoring student attendance to tutorials and devising innovative solutions to encourage attendance
• Assessing student progress towards being able to make successful university applications
• Uploading information onto the Salesforce database (training is provided)
• Building and managing relationships with volunteer tutors to ensure they have a positive experience of the programme
• Working with school staff to ensure their cooperation and timely completion of activities contributing to the smooth running of the programme
• Chairing and presenting at termly school meetings with Senior Management to report on programme progress.
• Supporting the delivery of tutor training and attend university site visits, approximately 3 times a year including occasional Saturdays and weekday evenings. Paid time off in lieu is provided.

The successful candidate will be able to communicate and influence with impact at all levels, delivering projects and managing administration accurately. You must be skilled in building and maintaining excellent relationships, be resilient and adaptable and have the ability to lead and manage change to embed the programme in schools.

If this sounds like you and you’re keen to hear more, please do get in touch ASAP!

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted with further information.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.