Change Portfolio Office

Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £26,715 Pro rata per annum
Part Time (17.5 Hour Per Week) Fixed Term (Until 31/12/2022)
Closing Date:  Wednesday 14 July 2021
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  1405921JT

The University of Southampton has an ambitious portfolio of change, designed to help deliver the goals and objectives outlined in our University Strategy.

The University Change Portfolio Office reports into the Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for supporting the delivery of the University’s strategy, through the management of the Strategic Major Projects portfolio and its constituent programmes and projects.

The Student Experience Programme is a key transformation programme that seeks to develop our approach to the delivery of services for students. This will enable rapid development of the student experience and will contribute directly to the University’s Strategic Plan and its aims to improve the student experience. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced part-time Programme Administrator.  You will support the Student Experience Programme team with administrative support including coordinating and diarising meetings, servicing meetings, general communications, and maintaining programme management documents.   Exact days and hours to be worked are open for negotiation.

You will have good communication, record keeping, planning, organisational interpersonal and customer service skills and must be able to demonstrate that you can work accurately and within relevant policies and procedures. You will be an excellent team player with a proven ability to work proactively and manage your own workload.  

You will have a skill level (including experience and other qualifications) equivalent to HNC, A-level, NVQ level 3, good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office and related software. 

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Phil Bailey, Programme Manager via email P.J.Bailey@soton.ac.uk.
 
About the University of Southampton

We are committed to our strategic principles of collegiality, quality, sustainability and global reputation. We value equality and diversity and we are a founding signatory of the Athena SWAN Charter.  We have held an Athena SWAN Bronze Award since 2006, demonstrating that we are committed to addressing equality issues in order to maximise the potential of all our people.

As part of our commitment to your well-being we offer an occupational pension scheme and generous holidays.  Staff also have access to our state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts, and culture facilities, a full programme of events, and access to a number of University employee-discount schemes.

Further information about working at University can be found on our website.

Application Procedure  

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Charlene Tyson (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2750 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk.  Please quote reference 1405921JT on all correspondence.