Schools Liaison and Outreach Officer

St Catharine’s seeks to appoint an enthusiastic Schools Liaison and Outreach Officer (SLOO) to join our Admissions team and work closely with the Tutorial Officer Manager, Undergraduate Admissions Administrator and the Admissions Tutors.  

The successful candidate will:

• Assist in managing current College student recruitment and widening participation events, initiatives and resources and to help develop outreach strategies.
• Create and maintain a clear and engaging public profile for outreach and widening participation at St Catharine’s, and ensure effective engagement with prospective applicants, paying particular attention to those from underrepresented groups. 
• Be well-organised, proactive, and highly motivated, with excellent verbal and written skills and confident in using social media. 
• Have a good understanding of secondary education.

Key responsibilities of the role

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop appropriate outreach projects on behalf of the College.
• Support Admissions Tutors and the Admissions Administrator during admissions process, as appropriate.
• Initiate and maintain contacts with teachers and advisers in schools and cultivate long-term links with schools and colleges in link areas, particularly those who have little experience of sending students to Cambridge.
• Organise visits and events, including visits to Cambridge by teachers and students, and visits to schools/colleges by senior and junior members of the College.
• Work directly with pupils, teachers and parents/guardians to raise aspirations and to encourage applications to the University of Cambridge.
• Record, analyse and present data showing the impact of different schools liaison and widening participation activities.
• Help with the recruitment and training of student ambassadors.
• Assist with the organisation of College and University open days.
• Contribute to the outreach and admissions sections of the College website and help maintain the College’s outreach Twitter account.
• Liaise with Cambridge Admissions Office, Colleges, and Departments about initiatives being pursued by the wider University, and promote the involvement of St. Catharine's College in such initiatives.

The full job description can be accessed here.

Employment benefits

• This is a permanent appointment. 
• Full time hours of 37.5 per week.  
• The FTE salary will be £28,600.
• Please visit the 'Join our Team' page for details of our range of staff benefits.
• Note: an enhanced DBS check will be required for this post which the college will fund.  

How to apply

To apply, please submit a completed application form and send it along with a covering letter / email, outlining your suitability for the role and a copy of your CV.  Please also complete and submit the the Equality and Diversity monitoring form.

Application documents should be emailed to:  recruitment@caths.cam.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 23 September 2024.  Interviews are expected to be held on Friday 27 September 2024.  

If you would like to discuss this post informally, please contact Kati Sexton, Tutorial Office Manager, via email: tutorial.manager@caths.cam.ac.uk

St Catharine's College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.