HEART Skills Project Manager

Part time, 0.8 fte, fixed term until October 2017 (Maternity cover)

Secondment opportunities will be considered

The University of Leeds is the managing partner for the Higher Education Access, Rewarding, Transforming (HEART) partnership. The partnership comprises twelve higher education providers in West Yorkshire, namely Bradford College, University of Bradford, Calderdale College, University of Huddersfield, Kirklees College, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds City College, Leeds College of Art, Leeds College of Building, University of Leeds, Leeds Trinity University and Wakefield College. HEART aims to support the ongoing development of partnership approaches to both outreach/widening participation in higher education and engaging successfully with employers.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join the partnership following our successful application for additional project funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of the National Network for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO). HEART is the West Yorkshire Single Point of Contact as part of the NNCO and is working, via our partners, to remove gaps and reduce duplication of provision of outreach activity to schools.

You will be a key and active member of multiple communities including HEART, our partners, schools, local authorities and the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership. With an undergraduate degree or relevant work experience you will also have excellent interpersonal, communication, organisational skills and experience of managing complex projects. Experience of working with local authorities, the LEP and Universities/Colleges will be advantageous.

Informal enquiries may be made to Katie Peyton-Lister k.peyton-lister@leeds.ac.uk

Interviews are expected to take place during the week of 14 November 2016