Project and Research Administrator

About UCL Institute of Education

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment is a world-leading centre for business, citizenship, computing, economics, geography, history, mathematics, religious education, science and social sciences education. A core strength of the Department is in the study, support and improvement of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment through multidisciplinary programmes.

The Department hosts top-rated initial teacher education programmes, including Secondary PGCE, innovative Masters programmes and a wide range of continuing professional development courses. The department is also home to four research centres: Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, Centre for Holocaust Education, Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research and the Development Education Research Centre

About the role

The Department of Culture, Pedagogy and Assessment is looking to appoint a Project & Research Administrator. You will be responsible for the administration and support all activities relating to this exciting project. This role will broadly cover three areas: providing effective administrative support for stakeholder engagement, facilitating the logistical elements of the CPD work and supporting the project’s research and evaluation activities

The role is available immediately until June 2026 in the first instance at 1.0fte.

Job-share may be considered

About you

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of providing professional and comprehensive administrative support both in-person and online. You will have proven experience of designing, developing, maintaining, reviewing and improving administrative, management and information systems. You will have proven experience of working with colleagues in collaborative, proactive and responsive ways to ensure goals are met. In addition, you will have experience of working in higher education in a teaching and/or research environment and have the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, whilst also taking responsibility for individual assigned areas of work and tasks.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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