Job Description

Description

The Senior Schools Engagement Officer leads the college's outreach and liaison work with schools and sixth form colleges, supporting student recruitment and raising awareness of the college's offer--with a particular focus on promoting Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing courses and the career pathways associated with them. The post-holder coordinates and delivers a wide range of engagement activities, strengthens partnerships with key contacts at schools and community organisations, and leads on all schools engagement team activities

Key Responsibilities

Lead the planning and delivery of the college's schools engagement programme. Act as the main contact for partner schools, careers leads, Heads of Year and external agencies. Proactively promote the college's Engineering & Manufacturing provision, delivering targeted presentations, workshops, and activities to raise awareness of career pathways in these sectors. Work with the Engineering Curriculum Innovation Officer and curriculum teams to develop compelling outreach content showcasing engineering and technical subjects. Deliver presentations, workshops, taster sessions, careers fairs, and campus visits across all curriculum areas. Work with Marketing team colleagues to develop resources and promotional materials for outreach activity, including engineering-focused content. Coordinate and support major recruitment events, including but not limited to open days and subject discovery days/Year 10 Taster sessions and New Starter Experience sessions.. Build strong working relationships with curriculum teams and internal stakeholders. Support and lead the Schools Engagement Officer and student ambassadors. Monitor applications activity, track outcomes, and produce reports to support recruitment targets. Ensure all activities adhere to safeguarding, Prevent, health and safety, and GDPR requirements. Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in all engagement work.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

Must include English and Maths to GCSE standard as minimum

Desirable criteria:

Educated to degree level

How Identified

: Application

Experience

Essential Criteria

Experience in outreach, schools liaison, student recruitment, or related work with young people. Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills. Ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver multiple projects. Experience leading staff or projects. Understanding of the FE sector and post-16 education pathways. including T Levels. Knowledge of Engineering & Manufacturing pathways and careers, and the ability to communicate these effectively to young people. Ability to work evenings and weekends; willingness to travel as required. Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain). Experience in Further Education or Higher Education outreach. Full UK driving licence.

How Identified

: Application & interview

Specialist Knowledge

Essential Criteria

Knowledge of CEIAG frameworks (e.g., Gatsby Benchmarks). Knowledge of Engineering & Manufacturing pathways and careers and the ability to communicate these to young people and their parents/carers. Knowledge of the FE sector and post-16 education pathways.

How Identified

: Application & Interview

IT Skills

Advanced user of Microsoft applications. Ability to use technology to generate information and improve efficiency.

How Identified

: Application & Interview

About Hopwood Hall

We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester. Both campuses have ample free parking and subsidised restaurants.



We offer staff a range of benefits including free gym membership at our Middleton Sports Arena and generous holiday entitlement.

We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).



This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.

STAFF BENEFITS

Working at Hopwood Hall College comes with a wide range of benefits including generous holiday and sick pay entitlements.

Other benefits include:

Career average pension scheme Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena Purchase loans for computers and bikes Staff discount at the College's Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus) Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance Free on-site parking On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed) An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site) A cycle to work scheme Discounted public transport tickets Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 28 days plus bank holidays Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays) Two Health and Wellbeing days per year * Subsidised bistro and refectory