Widening Participation Events and Operations Coordinator

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Job Title: Widening Participation Events and Operations Coordinator

Reference: 489

Department: Education - Student Experience and Engagement

Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

Full time Salary Range: £27,241.00- £30,986.00 per annum

The Widening Participation (WP) and Social Mobility Division at Warwick plays a key role in enhancing equality of opportunity for underrepresented groups.

This role plays an integral part in the work of the team to provide administrative and operational support to implement the University’s WP strategy and the Access and Participation Plan. The post holder will be expected to support the work of the wider Team alongside more specific areas of work as outlined below.

Our Divisional structure is split into four core areas, all focused on the delivery of key strategic priorities. The areas of the team include Evidence and Evaluation;
Academic Engagement and Internal Community;
School Engagement and Partnerships; and Widening Access and Student Success.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here) .

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual, with an understanding of the challenges and barriers faced by students from widening participation backgrounds. You will have experience of planning and supporting events and will be comfortable communicating with a variety of stakeholders. You will need to have a strong collegiate approach and be an effective team player.

Warwick operates hybrid working, with office days being led by operational need. Due to the nature of this role you will be expected to be office-based up to 80% of the time.

The University of Warwick has set out a clear vision in its Widening Participation Strategy that:

By 2030, Warwick will be regarded as one of the UK universities with the greatest impact on social mobility, through its ability to recognise, inspire, and enrich talented students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. We wish to be regarded as a beacon of excellence for our approach to social mobility and WP evidence-based research and practice nationally and internationally.

At Warwick, our team combines passion, creativity and innovation to inspire young minds and maximise their potential, through unique opportunities both in school and on campus. Our aim is to enhance access to higher education for all those who aspire to study at university, regardless of background, and to ensure that the students studying at the University of Warwick are representative of our local and wider national communities.

Ensuring the university is accessible to students from all backgrounds is one of the values set out in Warwick's University strategy, demonstrating our commitment to widening participation and social mobility, and the significance placed on this important work. Further information can be found here .

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential.

We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

We therefore welcome and encourage…