About the job
Fixed term: to 30 September 2022
Interview date: 18 August 2021
We are seeking a positive, professional and solution focussed individual to join our team.
The successful candidate will work very closely with the Head of Access and Participation and the senior teams of our partner institutions to support the management, monitoring and reporting of progress against our institutional Access and Participation Plan (APP) outputs and objectives. They will highlight best practice across institutions and develop a mechanism for hosting, recording, and sharing this best practice, working collaboratively to positively impact student outcomes.
Link for Access and Participation Plan:
https://www.northampton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/access-and-participation-plan-2020-2025.pdf
The candidate will use their excellent communication and negotiation skills to ensure that messaging, staff training and institutional engagement are prioritised.
The post will be key in the development of the ongoing resource evolution of the APP as well as contribute significantly to the next stage of the APPs development.
This is a really exciting opportunity for a dedicated individual who has a passion for student success.
The post is full time (37 hours), fixed term, working at UON Waterside Campus, at partner institutions and with the opportunity to work more flexibly – blending locations and working times according to the work being carried out until 30th September 2022. There is ambition for the role to be extended beyond this date.
For more information, please contact Tim Dobson (Head of Access and Participation) on 07889936055.
About you
Educated to level 4 or with relevant experience, you will need to demonstrate you can communicate and negotiate with senior leaders. You will need to be able to make clear decisions as well as manage and monitor progress across different institutions with different needs and different cohorts of students, whilst also sharing good practice resources and opportunities.
You will need to have excellent use of MS Office applications and be able to use this to work collaboratively with colleagues across the university and partner institutions to achieve shared outcomes.
You should have an understanding of the University’s APP and use this to highlight opportunities as they arise for improvement that can be shared across institutions to enable student outcomes to be improved.
Qualifications
Essential:
First degree or significant appropriate work experience
Department for Enterprise and Employability
You will be working directly with The Head of Access and Participation but also within a team of 30 practitioners whose roles range from student career and employability guidance, schools engagement colleagues, business and enterprise professionals and volunteering leads, who all play a key part in the achievement of successful student outcomes through our Access and Participation Plan. The post sits within the Department for Employability and Enterprise.
About us
This is an exciting time to join our University following our relocation in September 2018 to a new purpose-built, town-centre campus designed to adapt to 21st-century teaching. We are looking to recruit individuals who share our passion for innovation, creativity and social impact and who will play a key role as we realise our ambition of transforming lives for the better and inspiring positive change.
The University of Northampton is one of only two Ashoka U Changemaker Campuses in the UK, and in 2017 was awarded the Social Enterprise Gold Mark, an independent guarantee that we have proven to our employees, students and stakeholders that we are committed to continuous improvement across our business in order to consistently deliver a positive impact on people and planet.
Right to work
All candidates will be asked to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK at interview.
Equality
We are proud of our diverse student population and applications from Black Asian Minority Ethnic student grow year on year. Equality and the promotion of inclusion are a key value that we are proud to promote. To embed this across the University, to achieve diversity amongst its staff and to improve staff representation, we would like to encourage applications from women, people living with disabilities, and those from the LGBT+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.
Please visit our website for further information and to apply online.