School/Department School of Water, Energy and Environment
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period 3 years
Salary Full time salary in the range of £20,152 to £22,462 per annum, with potential progression to £25,834 per annum
Apply by 25/07/2021

Role Description

Our people are our most valuable resource and everyone has a role to play in shaping the future of our university, developing our learners, and transforming the businesses we work with. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here: Working life at Cranfield.

Cranfield University’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships is creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here. As the UK’s only exclusively postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships is creating leaders in technology and management globally.  Our distinctive expertise is in our deep understanding of technology and management and how this works together to benefit the world.

The School of Water, Energy & Environment (SWEE) and Energy Theme welcomes applications from experienced administrators for the role of Training & Development Assistant, supporting the C-DICE Training Hub Development Manager

About the Role

The Training and Development Assistant will be working directly with the Training Hub Development Manager who is leading the Cranfield based Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure, Cities and Energy (C-DICE). Your role will be to provide organisational and administrative support for the C-DICE training and development programme. This will involve working with professionals from both academia and industry. You will have responsibility for the organising and processing of on-line and face-to-face training sessions and events conference and events bookings and efficiently communicating with enquirers, delegates, and training suppliers. Some of these training sessions will be already developed and available whilst others will be created specifically for the C-DICE programme. The Training and Development Assistant will be based at Cranfield but work closely with colleagues at both Loughborough and Birmingham. They will be instrumental in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of a diverse range of courses and learning experiences for professionals from both academia and industry.

About You

You will have a good level of education overall with minimum Grade C at GCSE in English and Mathematics, or equivalent qualification. You may also have a professional qualification relating to training or management, e.g. CIPD (Assoc) or working towards qualification.

In return, the successful applicant will have exciting opportunities for career development in this key client-facing role. Your position will be administering the training hub at the forefront of providing world leading education for postgraduate researchers. You will be joining a supportive team and collaborative cross-institutional environment.

Our Values

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here. We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential.

Diversity and Inclusion

Our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring has shown that women and minority ethnic groups are currently underrepresented within the university and so we actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from these groups.

Flexible Working

We actively consider flexible working options such as part-time, compressed or flexible hours and/or an element of homeworking, and commit to exploring the possibilities for each role. Find out more here.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Prof. Phil Longhurst, Head of Centre for Climate & Environmental Protection, on (T): +44 (0)1234 754953 or (E): p.j.longhurst@cranfield.ac.uk@cranfield.ac.uk