Student Opportunities Manager

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping 56,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We have established a centralised team that manages the oversight of additional enrichment opportunities across the charity including arts-based programmes, career placements, insight days and the development of IntoUniversity’s Associate Network (alumni community). This team works closely with our local learning centres to promote and deliver these diverse opportunities for students.

We are looking for a Student Opportunities Manager to join the team on a fixed-term contract. You will work with the Head of Student Opportunities to ensure that Khadija Saye Arts at IntoUniversity and other opportunities are delivered effectively. The post holder will maintain and develop existing and new partnerships and play a hands-on role in the creation of high-quality programmes.

The role at a glance

Contract: Full-time, fixed term until October 2025

Start date: May 2025

Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00
Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30

(Some out-of-hours work will be required from time to time - for example, early starts to deliver workshops in schools or travel across the IntoUniversity network of centres.)

We are a delivery organisation providing frontline educational services for young people. We are an organisation with team members at different stages of their career, including many in their first roles: we are committed to nurturing talent and providing a developmental culture for all. Our Student Opportunities team works in-person 4 days per week with 1 day from home. 

Location
London (based at our North Islington centre N4 3QN)

Salary
£35,500 per annum (+ London contribution £2,600)

Annual leave
Full-time staff entitlement: 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

Staff benefits

• Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
• Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
• Summer working hours (finish at 1pm on Fridays for six weeks in the summer), pro-rated for staff joining after January in the same year 
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to wellbeing and legal support 
• Life Assurance scheme with Aviva including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments
• Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
• Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year

Application deadline - 9am Monday 3rd March 2025

Interview day (online) - Friday 14th March 2025. Please make sure you are available on this date. Following this, we may then invite candidates to a second-stage, in-person interview.