Outreach and Widening Participation Coordinator (Fixed-Term)

The Faculty of Law invites applications for an Outreach, Widening Participation and Communications Coordinator. The person appointed will support the Law Faculty in strengthening its widening participation initiatives and outreach activities. This is a busy and varied role which demands excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently and use own initiative as well as to work as part of a team. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, possess excellent communication skills and be able to draft publicity materials and reports. The successful candidate will also have excellent IT skills to include Microsoft Office 365. 

The Faculty of Law currently has over 80 University, Faculty and College teaching officers. Almost every area of legal interest is represented. Within its professional services team, the Faculty has 25 administrative staff, an IT team of 5 and a Legal Research Training & Communications Specialist. 

We offer the flexibility of hybrid working and would be willing to discuss this as part of the interview process. There is a preference for in-person working during the probation period. 

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. 

Benefits of working at Cambridge include:

Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases; Generous annual leave allowance of 36 days paid leave (pro rata including bank holidays); Flexible and hybrid working opportunities; Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries and salary exchange schemes for childcare); An auto-enrolment pension scheme , with a generous employer contribution; Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores; Schemes to support with relocation / the provision of accommodation 

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check (enhanced with children's barred list) and a health assessment. 

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our Faculty. 

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

Interviews will be held in-person in Cambridge on Friday 26th April 2024.   

If you have any questions about this vacancy please contact Daniel Bates, Legal Research Training and Communications Specialist db298@cam.ac.uk or Julie Boucher, Deputy Faculty Administrator (Learning and Teaching) jb234@cam.ac.uk If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact hr@law.cam.ac.uk  

Please quote reference JK41058 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy. 

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. 

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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