The Recruitment Strategy & Events Coordinator will help shape and deliver Susquehanna’s recruitment marketing and events approach, primarily supporting campus recruitment, with additional support for selected professional recruitment initiatives.
You’ll work with recruiters, business representatives, marketing colleagues, universities and student societies to identify the events, partnerships and activities most likely to reach our target audiences. This hands-on role combines research, planning, relationship management and event delivery, with responsibility for making informed recommendations and continuously improving our approach.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Support the development and maintenance of the recruitment marketing and events plan, coordinating agreed activity in line with hiring priorities, target audiences and our recruitment brand.
- Research and assess relevant universities, careers fairs, student societies, sponsorships, competitions, and other engagement opportunities.
- Research and assess relevant events, partnerships and sponsorship opportunities, providing recommendations to the business and recruiters based on audience fit, brand alignment, expected reach, cost and previous results.
- Build and maintain relationships with university careers teams, academic departments, student societies and external partners.
- Coordinate university partnerships and sponsorships, including branding requirements, budgets, deadlines and agreed deliverables.
- Manage the campus events calendar, including careers fairs, society events, networking sessions, competitions, and onsite events.
- Coordinate events from planning through to follow-up, including venues, travel, catering, schedules, technology, communications, materials, suppliers and feedback.
- Work with recruiters, business representatives and marketing colleagues to develop accurate, engaging and on-brand event content and candidate communications.
- Brief and coordinate recruiters and business representatives attending events, ensuring they have the information and materials required.
- Manage recruitment merchandise and event materials, including sourcing, ordering, budgets, stock and distribution.
- Support selected professional recruitment events, networking opportunities and talent engagement initiatives.
- Track attendance, engagement, applications, conversion, costs and feedback to evaluate effectiveness and recommend improvements.
- Represent Susquehanna at recruitment events across Europe, including regular travel and evening work during peak periods.
What we're looking for
- 2+ years’ relevant experience in campus recruitment, recruitment marketing, university relations, partnerships, events or a comparable role.
- Experience developing or contributing to recruitment marketing, university engagement or events plans an advantage.
- Proven experience coordinating multiple events, including suppliers, communications, logistics, materials and budgets.
- Experience building relationships with universities, student societies, external partners or comparable stakeholder groups an advantage.
- Experience using event data, budgets and reporting to assess outcomes and improve future activity, an advantage.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work across recruiters, business teams, universities and suppliers.
- Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities and respond effectively when plans change.
- Flexibility to travel and work occasional evenings in line with the campus recruitment calendar.
Why Join Us?
- Help shape and deliver Susquehanna’s campus recruitment and some professional recruiting marketing and events approach.
- Influence which universities, societies, events and partnerships we invest in.
- Bring creative engagement ideas to life through competitions, networking events and branded experiences.
- Build experience across campus and professional recruitment, employer branding, partnerships and events.
- Work with a collaborative Recruiting team and colleagues across the business.