Director of Student Recruitment

University of Nottingham School of Humanities; Campus (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

30 days holiday

Career progression opportunities

Staff benefits package

Job summary

The University of Nottingham is seeking a commercially driven Director to lead home and international student recruitment, delivering ambitious growth across markets and channels.

Reporting to the Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions, you will oversee a 50-strong team with overseas presence, driving enrolments and income through robust partnerships and market development.

Qualifications

• Significant director-level experience leading a large, multi-team student recruitment function, including overseas teams.
• Proven ability to deliver international and domestic targets and open or grow new markets.
• Strong commercial acumen, including budgets, agent networks, contract negotiation and ROI focus.
• Working knowledge of UKVI sponsor obligations and the Basic Compliance Assessment.

Responsibilities

• Lead home and international student recruitment strategy.
• Oversee agent networks, channels, and partnerships.
• Manage a team of 50+ colleagues across campuses and overseas offices.
• Budget responsibility and performance against targets.

Skills

Director-level experience

International targets

Budget management

Agent networks

Contract negotiation

ROI focus

UKVI compliance

Job description

Area

Student Recruitment and Admissions Central

Location

Jubilee Campus

Salary

£93,700 to £119,700 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

Closing Date

Wednesday 04 November 2026

Reference

REG704826

About The Role

The University of Nottingham is a global Russell Group university, ranked in the world top 100 (QS World University Rankings 2027), with campuses in the UK, China and Malaysia. We have ambitious growth plans for our UK campus and are looking for a commercially driven Director to deliver them. Reporting to the Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions, you will lead our home and international recruitment for University of Nottingham UK, with a clear focus on international growth: opening new markets, strengthening established ones and turning opportunity into enrolments and income. This is a sales-led role with significant targets and budget, measured on results. You will also lead our agent and channel partner networks, our pathway partnership with Kaplan, our international sponsor relations and our student recruitment events programme.

About The Team

You will lead a team of 50 colleagues, (with overseas office provision in China and India). Reporting to the Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions, you will sit on the Student Recruitment and Admissions Senior Leadership Team. We want a team that reflects the students and markets we serve, and particularly welcome applications from groups under-represented in senior roles in our sector.

About You

• Significant director-level experience leading a large, multi-team student recruitment function, including overseas teams.
• A proven record of delivering international and domestic targets and opening or growing new markets.
• Strong commercial acumen, including budgets, agent networks, contract negotiation and return on investment.
• Working knowledge of UKVI sponsor obligations and the Basic Compliance Assessment.

Benefits

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week, with a minimum of 60% on campus
• Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more.

Additional Details

Interviews will take place in Nottingham on Monday 16th November 2026.

Working Hours

36.25 per week.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme. We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

Candidate Guidance

To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process. Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details. Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.