Overview
In this senior leadership role, you drive the university’s student recruitment and admissions strategy to meet growth and financial targets while ensuring a high-quality applicant experience. You’ll oversee the end-to-end applicant journey and collaborate with senior leadership to align portfolio planning with institutional priorities. You’ll lead and develop multidisciplinary teams, using data and market insight to continuously improve performance and manage risk. This is a chance to shape an integrated recruitment ecosystem, transform services, and make a visible impact on student access and the university’s future.
Pay / Benefits
- Discounted membership to on-site sport and leisure facilities
- Staff benefits scheme with discounts
- Employee assistance programme with counselling and legal/financial resources
- Wide range of development programmes
- Beautiful on-campus working environment
- Automatic enrolment into Local Government Pension Scheme
Responsibilities
- Lead the recruitment and admissions strategy to translate targets into integrated, evidence-led plans
- Oversee the applicant journey from first engagement to enrolment, ensuring inclusive, efficient experience
- Lead recruitment, admissions and conversion activity to improve performance and sustainability
- Develop high-performing recruitment and admissions services using data and sector insight
- Drive service transformation and create new recruitment opportunities
- Collaborate with senior leaders on student number planning and strategy
- Provide authoritative advice on risk, regulatory and reputational issues
Key requirements
- Senior leadership experience in student recruitment and admissions
- Strong track record in developing and delivering recruitment/admissions strategies
- Experience leading complex, multidisciplinary teams
- Data-driven approach to performance improvement and decision making
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with senior stakeholders
- Change management and governance experience
- Ability to manage regulatory and reputational risk
- Collaborative and high-performing leadership style
- communication
- influencing
- stakeholder management
- data analysis
- market intelligence
- performance metrics
Associate Director of Recruitment and Admissions in Ormskirk employer: Edge Hill University
Edge Hill University is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. With a commitment to employee growth, you will have access to professional development opportunities while contributing to impactful projects that enhance the university's award-winning campus. Enjoy a competitive salary and excellent benefits as you play a vital role in shaping the future of higher education in a supportive and forward-thinking community.
