Ref Number
B01-04722
Professional Expertise
Administration and Business Support
Department
Vice-President (Operations) (B01)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£43,124–£51,610
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
Hybrid
Available for Secondment
Yes
Closing Date
11-Feb-2025
Since our founding, UCL has blazed its own trail, fostering a vibrant, diverse community of world-class academics, staff, students, and alumni who aren’t afraid to think big and think differently. Together, we question the status quo, challenge assumptions, and tackle some of the world’s most complex problems head-on.
Now, we’re setting up something exciting—a brand-new Strategic Change Office designed to turn UCL’s bold ambitions into action. This is your chance to be part of shaping a high-performance portfolio office from the ground up. As part of the wider Strategic Change Team, you’ll have the opportunity to bring fresh ideas, create meaningful impact, and help drive transformation across the institution.
As a Project Support Officer, where you’ll support the successful delivery of a transformative programme and its key projects. Reporting to the Programme Manager, you’ll also work closely with Faculty Project Leads and project teams, contributing to a programme that makes a real difference.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship or support visa applications for this role at this time. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
In this role, you’ll ensure essential project tools and documentation are up to date, manage reporting activities, and assist with communications and meeting coordination. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented and proactive individual who’s either experienced in administration or keen to build a career in business change and programme management.
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract Position, You’ll be part of a fast-paced strategic initiative, gaining hands-on experience and developing valuable skills that can open doors to future opportunities across a range of programmes.
In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.
You will be a conscientious person that is able to follow a plan and pay very careful attention to details, yet adaptable to change where is can not be planned. You will be consistent in working to ensure colleagues focus on meeting deadlines, and alert to making risks and issues viable to those leading projects.
Agreeable, you will enjoy working with a variety of talented people in a fast paced environment. With an aspiration to develop a career in project or programme management, you will view the effective completion of this role as a stepping stone to other project or programme management roles in the future.
Flexible Working Statement: 'We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible'.
In return, you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant impact in a newly established Strategic Change Office, working alongside visionary leaders and talented colleagues. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your work directly contributes to the university’s bold strategic goals. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in them so that they can fulfil their potential. Equity, diversity and inclusion is vital to us. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to give their best in a place where their unique experiences, perspectives and skills are seen as valuable assets.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are below:
- 41 Days of holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for specific posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
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, fairness and inclusion, and 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.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here :https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
