HEON Graduate Outreach Assisstant

The Higher Education Outreach Network (HEON) is looking to appoint a Graduate Outreach Assistant on a 1-year contract starting in August 2025.

About the role

The HEON Graduate Outreach Assistant will contribute to the design and delivery of HEON’s wide-ranging outreach programmes. The post will support the collection, organisation and tracking of data to support the monitoring and evaluation of the programme. The post will also support with social media and certain administrative tasks.

About you

We are looking for a well organised, enthusiastic individual with a genuine passion for social mobility and inspiring young people.

You should work well in a team and will be familiar with working autonomously and as part of a wider team; interacting flexibly with colleagues both internally and externally. Training will be in place to support you and help you develop in the role. 

If you are enthusiastic, keen to join HEON, motivated to improve educational outcomes for young people, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About HEON

The University of Surrey is the lead institution of HEON. HEON is a partnership of local organisations including universities and colleges working in Surrey and North East Hampshire. HEON fosters collaboration between providers and through a programme of outreach activity, aims to support young people to make informed decisions about their future education, support the raising of attainment in local schools and increase the rates of young people from local areas accessing higher education. HEON is funded and supported by the Office for Students (OfS) as part of the Uni Connect Programme.

What’s in it for you

In addition to the valuable experience, you will have access to internal development opportunities, including access to all internal staff development workshops and career development services

In addition, we offer a pension scheme and annual leave entitlement, flexible working options and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits.

Your application

We are looking to receive applications from final year undergraduate students from all backgrounds from any HEON Partner Institution. You should submit a CV and covering letter that demonstrates your experience and fit for the role on the University website.

HEON and The University of Surrey is committed to valuing everyone in our community by providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We value everyone in our community and are seeking to increase the diversity. Therefore, alongside our programme’s widening participation objectives, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, from lower socio-economic groups and people with disabilities. 

Please find further information in the attached job description, and for informal queries, please contact Chris Dexter, HEON Manager, via c.dexter@surrey.ac.uk.

Further details

For more information and to apply online, please download the further details and click on the 'apply online' button above.

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