Website Transformation Project Lead

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a professional with extensive expertise in website transformation to lead the delivery of the first phase of our strategic website project. You will join a small project team and provide vital expertise, oversight and guidance to help ensure the success of the project.

The Website Transformation Project Lead is a key leadership role in this strategic project, acting as champion for collaboration and innovation, and working closely with internal specialists and external partners.

You will engage with colleagues who are providing expertise across key areas, including Project and Change Management, Marketing (including Digital Development and Content Strategy, Student Marketing, and Creative Services), Recruitment and Admissions, Communications, Innovation and Research Impact, HR, our Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) department and others, fostering an integrated approach to achieve the University’s ambitious goals.

About you

• Proven experience of delivering end-to-end website transformation or redesign projects for a large, complex organisation. 
• Proven experience of working with emerging technologies and artificial intelligence.
• Strong appreciation and understanding of web content management systems and development principles, user experience and user interface design.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at different levels with internal and external stakeholders.

Further information

This role is offered on a part-time (18 hours per week) fixed term basis for 9-months. Days of work can be negotiated but flexibility will be required to ensure availability to meet project needs. 

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Kylie Smith, Project Manager at kcs40@bath.ac.uk. Please ensure that you submit your application through the University website.

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. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

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