Education Projects Officer (Internal UCL applicants only) University College London 12 Queen Square, London

About us

UCL’s Faculty of Laws is a dynamic, highly respected and friendly community, which enjoys global recognition for the quality of its teaching and research. For almost 200 years, UCL Laws has been one of the leading centres of legal education in the world. Recognised as offering an outstanding educational experience to our students, we combine a strong theoretical foundation in the law with practical teaching from world-leading academics and practitioners.

About the role

We are looking to appoint an Education Project Officer to support the Faculty through managing a portfolio of education-related projects and working closely with the leadership team in taking forward strategic initiatives relating to teaching and learning. The role also ensures we deliver an exceptional student experience through working closely with our programme teams to improve systems and processes for efficient and effective service delivery.

The role is offered as a fixed term contract for 12 months or is available as a secondment opportunity for internal candidates, to cover a period of maternity leave. We will consider applications to work on a full-time or part-time basis (0.8 FTE). This is an internal recruitment advert, available to eligible UCL staff only.

About you

The successful candidate will be an experienced higher education professional with project management and / or education management skills, and a thorough understanding of the education lifecycle and associated administrative processes. As a strong team player, the Education Project Officer will have highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, as well as the ability to work to deadlines calmly under pressure, with close attention to detail and a flexible approach to changing priorities.

The successful candidate will be confident in handling and analysing data and management information, and have excellent IT skills and experience in using various software packages, as well as the ability to learn new systems and approaches quickly, and support others in doing so. They will also be highly organised and able to work collaboratively to support the Dean’s Team and maintain momentum on key activities.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

To apply for the vacancy, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below.

The deadline for applications is 15 December 2024, and interviews will take place in week commencing 06 January 2025.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Thea Gibbs at thea.gibbs@ucl.ac.uk.

What we offer

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.