Student Engagement and Recruitment Administrator

Job overview

We have a vacancy to recruit an enthusiastic person who has experience of working with young people in an administrative role within education. You will be part of our vibrant recruitment team working with school leavers on their progression to Gateshead College. The successful candidate will have a flexible role with an opportunity to work closely with our prospective and current learners. This includes attending careers events, open events and our students engagement activities.

You will support our apprenticeship recruitment vacancies by working with employers to find suitable candidates for their organisations. The successful candidate will take a leading role in the advertising, shortlisting and processing of applications for our award winning Plan BEE programme

The successful candidate should have excellent organisation and administration skills and be able to use ICT in service delivery and be able to identify, organise and deliver activities which engage young people.

It is essential that you hold an NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification and a level 2 qualification in IT; along with experience of working independently and proactively to develop outstanding service provision.

Demonstrate a flexibility of approach and attitude to the continued challenges of working in a continually competitive and changing environment and having a positive approach to the changing needs of the college business are essential.

About Gateshead College

At Gateshead College we’re famous for education with Employment Edge, industry inspired education that combines high quality learning with real world skills. This means giving our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in work and life and supporting them to be the best they can be.

This means putting everything we’ve got into making sure our students are the most employable and this is what makes our college such an exciting place to work.

From bringing industry expertise into the classroom and working hand in hand with businesses, to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and supporting students to develop personally as well as professionally, we’re all about creating experiences that will set learners up for life

If you share our ambition, we’d love to hear from you.

In return we can offer a values-driven organisation and the chance to work with brilliant people who put students first. You’ll be listened to and will have opportunities to make an impact. We prioritise health and wellbeing and your work life balance will be respected.

Our inclusive culture means you’re valued for being yourself and diversity is celebrated, and our commitment to being a sustainable organisation means we always try to do business the right way to make our community better for everyone.

At Gateshead College we all have the opportunity to help our learners succeed and it’s this clear purpose and shared effort that makes us such a great place to work; we hope you think about joining us.

Benefits:

• Generous holiday allowance 33 days plus Bank Holidays.
• Mental health and wellbeing support, with 24/7 access to an employee assistance programme and counselling services.
• Career average pension with the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Travel support including subsidised on site parking, discounted public transport scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Retail and travel discounts.
• Volunteering Days.

The deadline to submit your application is midnight Sunday 9th November 2025.