Programme Officer (Interdisciplinary Pathways)

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on Streatham campus and some from home.

This part-time post is available from 1 July 2024 on a permanent basis. Interviews are expected to take place on the 9^th of July for this role.

Summary of the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a 0.6 FTE Programme Officer (Interdisciplinary Pathways) to join our Student Employability and Development team within the Career Zone and take lead responsibility for coordinating the flagship Grand Challenges programme.

The award-winning extra-curricular Grand Challenges programme involves a complex team of Professional Services and academic colleagues, student interns and postgraduates working together to deliver an innovative learning experience for students within an inclusive, supportive and creative environment.

The role will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of Grand Challenges delivery. This will involve co-creating the programme, developing and implementing a communication strategy, organisational and logistical administration for a programme of events, data collection and analysis, recruitment and training of student programme assistants and postgraduate facilitators and organising and overseeing their work.

The post holder will be working with multiple stakeholder groups including academics and senior leaders and will require a high level of coordination, delegation, collaboration and an ability to hold the dynamic process together, acting as a focal point.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational, communication and IT skills who is able to deliver exceptional customer service. The ideal applicant would also have experience coordinating programmes and working with academic colleagues within a higher education environment.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information
Please contact Anka Djordjevic, A.Djordjevic@exeter.ac.uk. Previous applicants need not apply.

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