International Student Recruitment Officer

By working at Dalarna University, you can help create opportunities for everyone to further their education. Our active responsibility is to promote a healthy society at the regional level as well as at the global level. Some 750 professionals work here, while 16 000 students study here, and we, along with our many collaborative partners, can make these opportunities real.

Dalarna University’s vision states: We create open pathways to knowledge for a good society; this, along with our three core values openness, courage and responsibility form the basis of the University’s future development.

The University has three primary functions: to provide education, to conduct research, and to collaborate with external parties. International students are an important component in terms of our education and research. As such, to ensure that we have a high number of motivated and quality international applicants, we are currently seeking to employ an International Student Recruitment Officer.

Type of employment: temporary full-time (while the Director of International Student Recruitment is on parental leave).
Start Date: June 1, 2017 or upon agreement, until July 31, 2018: extension possible.

Your place of work will be Campus Falun; however, you will also work regularly at Campus Borlänge since the majority of our programmes taught in English are based there.

Work Duties
As our International Student Recruitment Officer, you will be the central person who encourages and supports non-exchange international students wishing to join the Dalarna University community.

Your two main responsibilities will be:

1. to communicate with potential students interested in taking degree programmes or courses taught in English with the goal of recruiting these students to join Dalarna University; and

2. to promote our degree programmes and courses taught in English to an international audience through modern communication platforms.

You will work closely with colleagues in the Marketing and Communications Office and Admissions Office, and with staff who head the degree programmes taught in English to achieve our recruitment targets and ensure that information about the University is up-to-date and relevant for potential students. You will also be responsible for supporting our international recruitment partners overseas in their efforts to recruit students on our behalf. Your role as International Student Recruitment Officer will cover a number of key areas, while your work duties will be both strategic and operative.

Travel and evening/weekend work may be required.

Qualifications
To be successful in your role as International Student Recruiter at Dalarna University, you will need:

- A relevant university degree
- Excellent communicative and social skills
- Very good English, both spoken and written
- Knowledge of Swedish
- A driving license (B-körkort)

Additional merits:
- A master’s degree, since the majority of our international students pursue this level of degree
- Knowledge of languages other than English and Swedish
- Experience working with similar duties in your previous positions

As a person, you are:
- focused on providing a high level of service 
- goal- and results-oriented, as you will be responsible for achieving our recruitment targets as well as for managing a budget 
- able to structure your work independently
- creative and able to think of new ways to address work-related tasks 

For this position, Dalarna University will conduct a qualitative overall evaluation of candidates to ensure that the candidate who is best able to meet the requirements of the position is selected.

Other Information
Individual salary

Dalarna University strives towards being a workplace characterised by gender balance and increased diversity.

Application Documentation
Your application should include the following documentation: personal statement, CV, certification of qualifications; references. After the final date of application, you may submit further supporting documentation electronically. Your certification of qualifications will be presented for discussion at the interview stage of the recruitment process.

Final Date of Application
Submit your application on our website no later than March 31, 2017.

We respectfully decline all offers from advertising companies and recruitment firms.