Centre Manager

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 Learning and Leadership (DLL) is a large specialist research and teaching department of approximately 110 academic staff. The department is a major world leader in the following subject areas: Early Years and Primary Education, Educational Leadership, Education Policy, and Initial Teacher Education (ITE). We value innovative research, teaching and enterprise in all these areas and combine the very best of research innovation and evidence-based teaching, with a strong commitment to translating our work into policy and practice.

UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO) aims to advance UCL’s mission to address real-world challenges by generating rigorous, policy-relevant research that improves education and reduces inequalities across the life course. Bringing together experts across economics, psychology, sociology and education, the centre produces high-quality evidence on the drivers of social mobility and educational outcomes, ensuring that research has a meaningful impact on young people’s lives.

About the role

CEPEO is appointing a Centre Manager to lead the day to day management of the centre with respect to personnel and financial functions. The Centre Manager will work closely with the Centre Director, members of the Central Research and Consultancy Administration team and the Institute’s Finance Department, as well as the Faculty’s Research Operations Manager, to ensure appropriate management of the Centre’s finances and staffing.

The Centre Manager is the line manager to CEPEO 0.6FTE Centre Administrator.

The role will be 0.6 FTE (part time) and is available until 31 March 2028 in the first instance.

The post is subject to confirmation of funding.

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About you

You will have proven experience in a complex administrative role requiring strategic input and experience of successfully managing large budgets.

You will take initiative, have excellent attention to detail, and be able to manage your workload effectively to meet competing deadlines.

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.

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