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