Outreach & Events Officer
Access Creative College | Birmingham
Are you passionate about education, creativity and engaging with young people? We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Outreach & Events Officer to join our team at Access Creative College.
Based at our Birmingham campus, you will play a key role in promoting our courses and inspiring the next generation of creative talent across music, media, games, esports and computing.
What you'll do
- Build relationships with schools, colleges, community groups and industry partners.
- Plan and deliver Open Days, Taster Days, careers fairs and other recruitment events.
- Deliver engaging presentations, workshops and activities to prospective students.
- Develop outreach opportunities, particularly for underrepresented groups.
- Support prospective students throughout the journey from enquiry to enrolment.
- Recruit, train and coordinate our Student Ambassador programme.
- Manage local social media and provide engaging content for our national Marketing Team.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to maximise student recruitment.
What we're looking for
You will have:
- Experience of organising and delivering events.
- Experience of working with schools, colleges or community organisations.
- An understanding of Further and Higher Education and student recruitment.
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- A proactive, creative and self motivated approach.
- The ability to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.
- A current driving licence.
Knowledge of the creative industries, experience of public speaking and experience managing ambassador programmes would be advantageous.
Why join us?
You'll be joining a vibrant, creative organisation where you can make a real difference to young people's futures. This is a varied role with plenty of opportunity to bring your ideas to life, build strong relationships and help prospective students discover their potential.
If you're passionate about creativity, education and connecting with people, we'd love to hear from you.
Location: Birmingham Campus
Department: Outreach & Events
Travel: Regional and occasional national travel required
Who are we?
We are Access Creative College, formerly known as Access to Music, and we were founded in 1992. We're an Ofsted-inspected provider that reaches every corner of the country, with 7 campuses and over 2,500 students nationwide. We're proud to have achieved the national benchmark for education quality, recognised across the vast majority of our provision - Ofsted's 'Expected Standard' under the new inspection framework. We are part of Access Education Group, which boasts 32 campuses nationwide with over 5,000 students & apprentices across Access Creative College, dBs Institute (Higher Education) & Access Sport College.
What we offer?
- Generous Holiday Allocation
- Wellbeing Benefits: Health Cash Plan, Doctorline GP Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Access to Counselling and Cycle to Work
- Staff Discounts & Benefits: access to Accolade, our benefits platform which offers discounts at over 800 retailers!
- Paid Leave: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Sick pay.
A full job description and person specification is available for download alongside our full benefits booklet.
Diversity and open expression are fundamental to creativity. We are committed to promoting a culture of diversity and inclusivity for all our employees and potential employees.
DBS Checks: Enhanced DBS clearance will be required.
