Education Executive

Education Executive

London

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week

Salary: £33,000 p/a depending on experience, plus excellent benefits package

Location: London, Farringdon, Hybrid working available

Do you have a passion for working with students? Are you a great communicator? If so, our client have the perfect role for you as an Education Executive. As an Education Executive, your main focus will be supporting the Membership Recruitment & Engagement Manager with member engagement, paying particular attention to student members.

Alongside the interests and challenges of the role, our client knows that candidates also want to be enthused about the mission and values of the organisation they might be joining.

Our client is a charity and the professional body for industry professionals. They have a global membership who have designed many of the buildings and bridges that are taken almost for granted in our daily lives.

Creating safer places for the benefit of the public is at the heart of our client’s remit, and this includes environmental sustainability with professionals at the heart of the impact construction has on natural resources and climate change.

Our client is passionate about inclusion and work hard to help those with talent, irrespective of background, to find and develop a route into the profession. Many of their members work to support the world’s most vulnerable communities, especially those living in places prone to natural hazards such as earthquakes and extreme flooding.

If working as part of a staff team, and alongside many members, to address these issues appeals to you, then our client would love to hear from you.

The Role:

A key task for the Education Officer, in conjunction with the Membership Recruitment & Engagement Manager, is to maintain relationships with our client’s Student Liaison Officers (SLOs) to increase the number of free student members in universities and colleges all around the world and ultimately increase membership numbers further by promoting collaboration between their organisation and education providers.

Part of this role will also be to act as secretary to the Education Committee and Panel. The Education Committee help shape our client’s education strategy and how to best supply their members with education resources and training. Our client’s Panel represents the views of younger members of the profession and develops initiatives for members aged under 35.

To be shortlisted for this post, you must have:

- In-depth knowledge of academic qualifications

- Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)

- Intermediate Excel skills

- Experience working in a Membership organisation would be advantageous

What our client can offer you:

- 25 days’ paid annual leave (rising with service) plus bank holidays and flexi leave

- A pension scheme with up to 9% employer contributions

- Life Insurance

- Private Medical Insurance

- Permanent Health Insurance

- Health Cash Plan

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Season Ticket Loan

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Continuous Professional Development

Working Conditions:

Our client is based on the edge of the city; their office is bright, modern and open plan. They are an inclusive and friendly workforce. Our client is presently operating a working model of office based and remote working and envisage operating a longer-term hybrid working model.

Additional information:

For more information including a full job description and candidate privacy policy, visit our client’s website.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to complete your application or would like our client to apply reasonable adjustments when reviewing your application, please contact HR as soon as possible to discuss your needs.

Please note, our client reserves the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, they urge candidates to apply as soon as possible. Applications are sifted on receipt and shortlisted candidates are contacted to invite to an interview.

Our client does not hold a visa sponsor licence, therefore, applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK and/or require visa sponsorship in order to continue working in the UK cannot be considered.

Our client strives to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, where everyone can all be ourselves. Our client is an equal opportunities employer and value diversity and the perspectives people from different backgrounds bring. Applicants will not be excluded on the grounds of sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race, marital status, disability, age, religion and belief or sexual orientation.

If you feel you have the skills, experience, and expertise our client is looking for and if this post sounds like the challenge you are seeking, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Location: London, GB

Posted Date: 7/1/2024