Strategic Lead (Website Review)

The University of Bath has an exciting opportunity for an experienced digital professional to act as the University’s project lead for the first phase of our strategic website project: the audit, assessment and discovery phase.

About the role

Working closely with the University’s appointed agency partner, internal project team, project manager and sponsor, you will play a leading role in the institutional review process, helping to assess the current web ecosystem and shape evidence-based recommendations for the future. The outcome of the review is not predetermined, and the role will be central in supporting the University to evaluate future opportunities and direction.

Acting as the key strategic interface between the University, external partners and internal specialists, you will help shape the direction of the review and ensure that emerging recommendations are evidence based and aligned to organisational priorities, user needs and operational realities. You will support effective collaboration across stakeholders and ensure that outputs are credible, practical and aligned to the University’s context and ambitions.

About you

• Proven experience of leading complex digital discovery or review projects within large, complex organisations.
• Strong appreciation and understanding of digital experience principles, including user needs, experience and interface design, content and digital platforms. You will be able to engage credibly in discussions about web technologies, CMS platforms and digital design approaches without needing to be a technical specialist.
• Proven experience of working with emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, and their implications for digital experience and organisational capability.
• Strong ability to operate in ambiguity, synthesise complex and sometimes conflicting information, and shape clear, evidence-based recommendations. 
• Demonstrable experience working with senior stakeholders and external partners, with exceptional communication and facilitation skills and the ability to shape thinking, influence outcomes and build consensus across diverse perspectives within a complex organisation.

Further information

This role is offered on a full-time basis (36.5 hours per week) for a fixed-term period of 5 months.

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

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 6 - 7 July 2026.

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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