Senior International Officer in Plymouth

Could you be responsible for leading on the delivery and optimisation of international student recruitment activity for a key target market?

About the role:

Reporting to the Head of International Student Recruitment, the Senior International Officer will work towards the delivery of recruitment targets for a key target market. This may involve international travel and will involve working with international students and other key stakeholder groups. In this post, you will be required to represent the university at external events, advising students on the full range of our portfolio.

You will:

• Have account management responsibility for a network of recruitment partners, managing their performance and enhancing the value to them of working with the University of Plymouth.
• Host visitors to our coastal city centre campus, including support for strategic recruitment events.
• Be a competent user of data, making data-informed decisions and tracking and reporting on the performance of recruitment activity using internal data tools and in conjunction with the Student Recruitment Data and Insights team.

Due to the nature of this role, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check plus a Children’s Barred List check will be required. For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs. There is an essential requirement within this role that you will be required to travel to and work at different University sites and/or other business locations that may not be easily accessible by public transport.

What we’re looking for:

You will:

• Need to be an excellent communicator, verbally and in writing, showing the capacity to work cross-culturally with sensitivity and understanding of cultural nuance.
• Be target-oriented, showing self-motivation and the capability to work to high standards independently.
• Be a strong team member with the ability to build and nurture effective relationships across the organisation.
• Deliver excellent customer service to our enquirers and applicants, with a strong customer focus.
• Demonstrate resilience, working in a sector with strong external impacts and changing market conditions; you need to be able to identify market opportunities and threats and respond appropriately.

About us:

The International Student Recruitment team at the University of Plymouth is a diverse group of people, globally distributed but united in purpose to represent the University of Plymouth to a global audience and ensure that we guide enquirers and applicants to the right course for them and help them prepare to have the best possible experience whilst studying with us.

Our Offer:

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in the delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated. We have a wide range of staff benefits available to employees, depending on eligibility:

• Generous annual leave: 25 Days Annual Leave (pro rata if part-time) plus Bank Holidays & Closure Days
• Cycle to Work & Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family leave

The University of Plymouth is building an inclusive and equitable university where everyone feels represented, supported, and empowered to thrive. Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion is guided by the Inclusive Institutions Framework, a strategic and externally validated approach that embeds these principles across the entire institution.