Head of Faculty Marketing

King's College London; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious university in London is seeking a Head of Faculty Marketing to lead and manage student recruitment strategies across faculties. The role requires strong leadership skills, expertise in marketing within higher education, and the ability to analyze complex data to inform recruitment strategies. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders to ensure effective recruitment campaigns and manage multiple projects. This full-time position offers an indefinite contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in student recruitment and marketing within higher education.
• Evidenced ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
• Experience in managing budgets efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage faculty recruitment strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for effective recruitment campaigns.
• Identify priorities and lead projects within recruitment plans.

Skills

Leadership and team development

Data analysis

Communication skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

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About us

King's College London is the leading destination for ambitious students from across the world, because of our academic excellence, reputation and research impact. Our focus is on ensuring the best possible student experience, from the beginning of their journey with us as prospective students through to enrolment, so that our students can thrive in our diverse and inclusive community in central London.

The Global Student Recruitment and Admissions directorate delivers marketing, student recruitment and admissions services in partnership with Faculties, creating strategies to attract growing numbers of students from across global markets, as well as from the UK.

As a directorate we are responsible for the delivery of student recruitment targets, ensuring cohesive recruitment strategies and planning from lead generation and attraction, via admissions, through to conversion and enrollment.

About the role

Heads of Faculty Marketing are the front face of Global Student Recruitment and Admissions, responsible for working with their dedicated faculty/faculties to deliver student recruitment numbers and income.

Through expert understanding of the faculty/faculties and their strategic recruitment targets you will work with stakeholders to lead and manage the co-creation of effective recruitment plans that build new student awareness, grow applicant numbers and ensure effective conversion to acceptance and enrolment into the university.

With excellent knowledge of the metrics which support the student recruitment journey and the marketing funnel you will identify priorities, shape solutions and lead your team in the delivery of the projects embedded within recruitment plans.

You will collaborate with colleagues across the Global Student Recruitment and Admissions team and stakeholders both across the university and externally, to ensure recruitment campaigns deliver to student recruitment targets and effectively demonstrate a return on investment.

You will take a long-term and strategic view of your faculty / faculties' needs, contributing to their recruitment, portfolio, and student population targets, and considering their competitive set and business goals.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Masters preferred and/or proven experience in student recruitment and marketing within higher education
2. Evidenced ability to lead, motivate and develop a team of recruitment professionals.
3. Excellent coaching, facilitating, and negotiating skills, with ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
4. Ability to analyse complex data, identify trends and use findings to inform strategy
5. Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to present information clearly and effectively.
6. Evidenced experience and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and successful completion.
7. Evidenced experience in managing budgets and ensuring efficient allocation of resources.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit ' pages.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.