International Recruitment Officer

Benefits

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Referral programme

Employee discount

Flexible schedule

Free parking

On-site parking

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Location

York

Vacancy Type

Permanent/Full Time

Application Deadline

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Job Profile

Job Profile document

Job Summary

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: 40 hours a week (to include evening and weekend work), 52 weeks a year including holidays.

Introduction:

Queen Ethelburga’s is set in more than 220 acres of beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, on the Thorpe Underwood Estate. Staff work as one team – whether they are directly teaching or supporting students as part of the school and pastoral teams, or as part of our estates team making sure that the campus works as it should – to create a vibrant learning and living environment in which every student can thrive. We aspire to excellence, have high expectations of ourselves and others, and take pride in everything we do. We aim to nurture resilient, confident, and independent lifelong learners. The Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate Standard is ‘To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have’.

Department Purpose

Queen Ethelburga’s operates term-time academic courses for students aged 3 months to 1+ years, in addition to a range of short courses and holiday clubs offered during school holiday periods. Facilities are also available for booking by external organisations.

The Marketing and Admissions team is responsible for the recruitment and retention of UK and international students, for all programmes detailed above. It also takes responsibility for all marketing and mass communication, always making sure that marketing is demonstrably linked to both the needs of the organisation and the expectations of our UK and international markets. The team leads with ensuring that alumni and other relevant commercial organisations are fully engaged with life at Queen Ethelburga’s, developing these networks for the benefit of all in the QE community. Finally, widening participation is a key focus of the organisation and the team is expected to work with relevant stakeholders, in order to support students from a wide range of backgrounds, so that they are able to benefit from the opportunities provided by Queen Ethelburga’s.

The team works closely with the Strategic Team and the QE Leadership Team in order to ensure the financial sustainability of the Collegiate from year to year.

This job description is written at a specific time and is subject to change as the demands of Queen Ethelburga’s and the role develops. The role requires flexibility and adaptability and employees of Queen Ethelburga’s need to be aware that they may be asked to perform tasks and be given responsibilities not detailed in this job description.

Duties and Responsibilities

The primary aspect of this role is to recruit overseas students for all programmes at QE, and support with their retention, working alongside all members of the QE team. The postholder will:

Work with the support of the QE team to develop promotional materials and carry out QE events/seminars/webinars in order to attract and register overseas students to QE, and retain students once enrolled

Meet student recruitment targets set by the Strategic Team

Develop recruitment systems and networks relating to the following key areas, which are not mutually exclusive to each other:

Overseas boarding students

Expatriates returning to the UK or sending their children to boarding school

Overseas families moving to the UK for work purposes

Companies/embassies/government agencies supporting staff with obtaining school places

Develop our well established overseas agent network, updating them with relevant information as required

Attend overseas education, agent, and student fairs

Interview and test students in person and/or using Teams

Support the QE team with alumni engagement, planning and delivering events as required

Attend occasional recruitment events in other countries in support of our other overseas staff

Visit QE regularly to work with the on-site team, undertake training, and gain updates with regards to developments on site

Support for the Collegiate

Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of Queen Ethelburga’s.

Participate in training as required

Promote Queen Ethelburga’s and its staff and students positively at all times

Benefits

Competitive salaries, with a range of flexible hours to suit

10% discount on kindergarten fees (aged 3 months to 3 years)

Significant discount on school fees from age 3 to 18.

Free private staff gym, separate to the students with state-of-the-art equipment.

Free, secure onsite parking and electrical vehicle charging points on site for staff

Staff community social events including bonfire and fireworks, Christmas ball, summer fun day etc.

24/7 Employee Assistant Programme

Training and Development Opportunities

Increased holiday entitlement for staff with long service

Long service awards

Discount on King’s Theatre productions – external events

Enhanced paternity / maternity pay, including new baby book

Refer a friend scheme - We believe that staff are our greatest and most valuable asset, and this scheme involves and financially rewards our staff for referring like-minded candidates who join our school community.

Applying:

QE is committed to ensuring a safe environment for its pupils and staff. Applicants will be required to provide proof of identity and undergo the relevant DBS checks for their role.

Any personal information you share with us on your application form will be used solely for recruitment purposes. Your details will be held for up to 6 months and destroyed after this time.

Any questions on individual roles or the recruitment process can be sent to the HR department on recruitment@qe.org

We receive high volumes of applications, due to this if you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, unfortunately on this occasion your application will not have been successful.

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