The Recruitment and Communications Officer is part of the Communications Office at University College Roosevelt and works with a team of 4 other people (1.6 FTE) in the Communications Office. S/he reports to the Head of Communications of University College Roosevelt. The majority of the work will be in the field of international student recruitment. This means that the Recruitment and Communications Officer needs to be willing and able to travel for about 15 weeks per year. When not travelling, the Recruitment and Communications Officer is expected to contribute to the other activities at the Communications Office, such as events, social media etcetera.

Tasks include

• Contributing to the development of the International Recruitment Strategy for UCR.
• Maintaining UCR’s network with schools around the world through regular email/social media contact as well as visiting the schools and meeting during conferences throughout the year.
• Attending and organizing international recruitment tours. Over the past year these have included large tours in Central and Eastern Europe, the UK and Ireland, South-East Asia, Italy, Latin America, United Arab Emirates, Germany and Spain.
• Representing UCR by attending and presenting at professional conferences and recruitment fairs around the world.
• Maintaining UCR’s web-presence by partaking in and organizing webinars and maintaining a constant presence on social media.
• Providing UCR’s Admissions Office with constant feedback about changes in international recruitment & admissions developments.
• Contributing to the creation of brochures and other print materials.
• Where possible assisting in organization large events (Dies Natalis, Convocation, Graduation, Open Days, Group visits, (inaugural) lectures). 

• (Near-) native speaker of English
• Experience in (international) student recruitment
• Excellent networking- and social skills
• Confident, vivacious and enthusiastic presenter
• Experienced writer
• Basic understanding of data analysis
• Ability and willingness to work both independently and in a team
• Ability and willingness to work in a small-scale, intensive environment
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally around 15 weeks per year
• Based in Zeeland or willing to relocate

This position is for 0.8 FTE preferably starting as of July 1st, 2018. We offer an employment contract for one year with the prospect of a permanent contract in the future. Depending on experience, the salary for the position is from minimum € 2,465 (min scale 8) to maximum € 3,292 gross per month (max scale 8) based on full-time employment. Furthermore we offer:

- Holiday allowance of 8%

- End of year allowance of 8.3%

- ABP pension fund

- 232 leave hours based on fulltime employment plus possible additional leave hours of 96 based on fulltime employment.

University College Roosevelt (UCR) is one of the English taught International Honors Colleges of Utrecht University. The staff and students form a vibrant academic community centered on a Liberal Arts and Sciences bachelor’s education. Students hail from all over the globe and follow a broad and intensive study program in the historic town of Middelburg, where they live on the centrally-located city campus. Classes have an average of 22 students and include continuous assessment as well as a high level of interaction with instructors.