Outreach Officer

THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen's College, Oxford is seeking an enthusiastic Access and Outreach Officer to lead and develop our college-wide outreach programme. You will inspire students and schools to consider applications to Oxford and our college, with a strong focus on widening participation and supporting under-represented groups.

Working within the College Office, you will collaborate with the Welfare Team and academic staff to deliver regional activities across the Northwest and London link regions, and to

Job description

The postholder will play a key role in the College’s active and varied access and outreach programme through which they will inspire and empower students to apply to university and to the College specifically. The postholder will be expected to continue and develop the College’s existing access and outreach programme for the College to help to attract the widest possible field of student applications, particularly from under-represented groups and from schools with little or no history of sending candidates to Oxford.

The College Office is a small, busy, and welcoming team of six staff (five full-time staff and one staff member who divides their time between the College Office and the Welfare Team) dedicated to furthering the academic aims of the College through the provision of excellent support for its students, Fellows, and academic staff and the delivery of an access and outreach programme to schools and students in the College’s ‘link regions’ in the Northwest (Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Cumbria and Lancashire ) and in Sutton and Lewisham in London. The College Office staff are required to work together as a team and to co-operate and liaise with other offices of the College and the University.