Programme Coordinator

SETsquared is a partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.

To coordinate and deliver activities and programmes across the six Universities there is a small team headed up by the SETsquared Innovation Director, employed by University of Bath. The Programme Coordinator role will be part of the SETsquared Programme team reporting to the Investment Programme Manager.

About us

SETsquared runs a large number of high-profile events and training programmes each year including showcases for international business investors and presentations political stakeholders at the House of Commons. The showcases, presentations and training programmes bring together scale-up businesses, investors, corporates as well as senior academic and political audiences from across the South of England with the purpose of helping start-up, scale-up and spin-out businesses to grow and deliver economic impact. The role of Programme Coordinator will provide professional support for this important activity.

About you

You will have:

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including writing briefs
• Excellent interpersonal skills 
• Team working skills – the ability to work effectively with staff and across the partner Universities and business stakeholders
• The ability to identifying opportunities for innovation.

You will also be able to take a holistic view and work enthusiastically and with creativity to analyse problems and develop innovative and workable solutions.

Further information

This is a full-time role, working 36.5 hours per week, for a fixed-term period of 12 months.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Chris Hill, Investment Manager at ch2337@bath.ac.uk.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

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