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School Liaison and Events Officer

Application deadline
February 10, 2025 12:00 am
Department
Marketing
Employment type
Fixed term
37 hours per week
Location
Telford College - Wellington, Telford
Salary
£29,012
Reporting to
Potential interview date
Vacancy reference
VN1070
About the role

Telford College’s Marketing team are looking to recruit a Schools Liaison and Events Officer on a Fixed Term Contract until the end of the academic year.

You will be promoting the College within the local community including young people, schools, parents and employers to ensure unbiased information, advice and guidance is delivered to all.

Key Responsibilities
  • Be responsible for generating enquiries/applications and gathering enquiry data
  • Attend events and activities to promote the College amongst its target audiences
  • Organise events/tours on campus for external target audiences
  • Present the college’s offer at school assemblies, parents/carers and options evenings, drop-in sessions and careers events. Participate in offsite Information and Guidance (IAG), promotional and community events as required. This will involve presenting to large audiences in schools assemblies for example and weekend or evening work.
  • Work with schools to create workshops on skills, employability and interviews
Skills, knowledge and expertise

Qualifications and training

  • Level 3 qualification i.e. A Levels or vocational diploma. GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above or equivalent
  • Degree level qualification or equivalent. Information, advice and guidance (IAG) qualification. (Desirable)

Skills and expertise

  • Excellent interpersonal/communication skills and demonstrable ability to work effectively with young people
  • Knowledge of UK vocational/secondary education system
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to deliver presentations to large audiences e.g. school assemblies
  • An understanding of and commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity
How to Apply

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to Telford College. Please take time to review the job description.

Please complete the online application form with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your application form will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.

Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The college’s safeguarding policies are available here. Under KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance the college is committed to all pre-employment safeguarding checks, including online checks and candidate history. Therefore, please note upon clicking to apply you agree for these checks to be completed.