Schools Engagement Assistant

Responsible to: Regional Schools Engagement Manager

Responsible for: No supervisory responsibility

Purpose of post: To assist in the co-ordination and delivery of wider access programmes and assist in the development of the University's links with local partners such as schools and colleges.

Principal duties:

• To assist with the co-ordination and delivery of wider access programmes, predominantly focused on secondary school engagement but will be required to assist with articulation programmes at various points throughout the academic year.
• Develop and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships, with good operational links to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Assist with the facilitation of meetings with internal and external partners to agree the scope of projects and review progress.
• Co-ordination of orientation and support activities to ensure these are delivered and evaluated successfully.
• Maintaining notes of meetings and project files, ensuring these remain up-to-date.
• Monitoring and tracking students to identify relevant issues and inform future work.
• Delivery of Wider Access programmes and activities, ensuring these are delivered as agreed within the Wider Access strategy.
• Assist the co-ordination and deliver the ACES activities and programmes throughout the academic year, liaising with university stakeholders, school pupils & external key partners to ensure a successful delivery.
• Develop and deliver key resources for workshops and presentations in relation to the ACES programme and the wider schools engagement portfolio of events/workshops.
• Evaluating activities for wider access students, working with other members of the Wider Access Unit team to ensure these are delivered and evaluated successfully.
• Develop positive working relationships with students and school pupils.
• Ensuring programmes run smoothly, with all necessary logistical arrangements made in good time.
• Promotion of opportunities for study and engagement with the University, including via routes such as Degree Link and other Wider Access programmes and initiatives.

Person Specification

Essential requirment

• Qualifications and Professional Memberships
• Degree in relevant subject area or relevant experience

Knowledge and skills

• An understanding of higher education
• An awareness of the remit of the Wider Access Department
• An ability to use standard IT packages (e.g. Word, PowerPoint)
• Commitment to the personal development of young people
• Ability to create and build positive individual relationships with young people across all secondary school year groups.

Experience

• Daily management and co-ordination of projects and events
• Setting up meetings and preparing formal notes
• Creating and maintaining accurate records
• Experience of working with young people
• Experience of working as part of a team to deliver success
• Experience of delivering presentations

Travel

Travel will be required to discharge duties

Desirable requirments

Experience

Creative experience or practice within a creative field

Other

UK Driving Licence

Behaviours

• Service Delivery - Experience of exploring and adapting a service to meet customers’ expectations and also identifying ways of improving standard
• Communication - Ability to receive, understand and convey both straightforward information, and information requiring careful explanation, in a clear and accurate manner
• Initiative and Problem Solving - Experience of using initiative and creativity to resolve problems, identifying practical and suitable solutions.
• Liaison and Networking - Experience of circulating information in an accurate and timely manner and working across team boundaries to build and strengthen working relationships

Location: RGU Garthdee, AB10 7GJ

Salary: £25,433 - £28,081 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Work From Home: Hybrid