Marketing and Events Assistant (Two Positions Available, Fixed-Term, Student/Graduate Placement, DBS Required)

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

These roles offer an exciting and challenging opportunity to influence Bournemouth University’s student recruitment activity for 2024-2025, whilst at the same time developing your event leadership, project and marketing communications skills.

Working in the UK Marketing and Student Recruitment Team, this postholders will support targeted events and marketing communications activities to assist in the recruitment of undergraduate and postgraduate students to Bournemouth University.

You will raise awareness of the benefits of Bournemouth University to potential students and their influencers and will support the UK Marketing and Student Recruitment Team in related marketing, student recruitment and event planning tasks.

The work of the UK Marketing and Student Recruitment Team is extensive, from activities on and off-campus such as our undergraduate open days, to exhibitions, fairs and events across the region and nationally. You will be responsible for planning, organising and delivering this range of activities throughout the year to support our challenging recruitment objectives in a highly competitive and changing Higher Education sector.

Working closely with the wider team you will also have responsibility for the recruitment, training, supervision and coordination of a large pool of student ambassadors to support this activity.

These roles will require close working with immediate team colleagues but also the wider Marketing & Communications Directorate, including the Schools Liaison and Partnerships Team, International Marketing & Student Recruitment, Creative Services and Market Research.

A full driving license or equivalent mobility is required along with a willingness to travel as you may be required to undertake a significant amount of travel to various locations within the UK in a timely manner. This may include long distance travel which may be hard to reach using public transport.

This is a challenging role with a lot of responsibility that will develop a range of highly relevant and sought-after skills.

Both positions are available on a fixed-term basis until 31 July 2024.

These positions are open to Bournemouth university students currently studying, and those who have graduated from Bournemouth university within the last 6 months only.

We are committed to providing a safe environment for all students and staff. This position is required to undertake regulated activity and therefore is subject to a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. Further information on BU’s safeguarding policies on safeguarding vulnerable groups can be found online.

This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position.

If you would like any further information about the role, please contact Hanna Pugh at hpugh@bournemouth.ac.uk.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.