Senior Widening Participation Officer

About us

The Access and Widening Participation Office leads on the development and implementation of UCL’s strategies to widen access to UCL from underrepresented groups. The Widening Participation Team focuses on addressing the long-term barriers to higher education, in particular, attainment, advice and guidance for specific groups, and support for parents and carers. The team works closely with the Data and Impact team (part of the wider Social Mobility and Student Success area) to provide evidence of impact and to identify current trends and research that will inform the development of activity.

About the role

The Senior Widening Participation Officer is responsible for developing, delivering and managing projects to address long-term barriers to higher education, particularly attainment of young people from underrepresented groups, as part of UCL’s widening participation strategy and Access and Participation Plan.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Matt Lucas at:m.lucas@ucl.ac.uk.

About you

The successful candidate will be familiar with secondary- and tertiary- level education, together with UK higher education, and will have experience of developing and delivering new initiatives, particularly educational programmes and events. You must have the ability to write and deliver workshops and presentations for a wide range of audiences and will be confident using your clear and effective communication skills when interacting with children, young people and their families.

Applicants must also have good project management skills, strong IT skills, and be able to manage their own workload and prioritise a high volume of complex work effectively.

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