Senior Operations Officer (HGI Programmes) (Fixed term)

Nottingham University Business School is seeking to appoint a Senior Operations Officer (HGI Programmes) to support with the operational delivery and administration of a diverse range of entrepreneurship programme, including Ingenuity Impact, Your Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) and the Witty Entrepreneurial Scholarship Programme, for the School’s Haydn Green Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HGI).

Your responsibilities will include assisting the planning, delivery and evaluation of world-class enterprise skills and training activity and coordinate projects that underpin our commitment to supporting students, alumni, staff and community members to develop impactful start-ups.  You will have experience of the coordination and implementation of activity to engage target groups with each programme’s offer. This includes student-facing engagement activity and supporting the delivery and administration of scalable community outreach activity in partnership with external organisations. 

You will have HNC or HND level qualifications in a relevant subject or equivalent qualifications, as well as considerable experience in a relevant role. 

The Haydn Green Institute (HGI) is one of the world’s leading centres for innovation and entrepreneurship education, research and practice.  The Institute teaches over 4,000 students in the UK, Malaysia and China each year. Its aim is to develop the innovators and entrepreneurs of the future, creating a more productive workforce and industry. HGI is also the home of the Ingenuity Lab - one of the UK’s most dynamic graduate incubators and Ingenuity Impact – its national innovation and entrepreneurship programme for impactful start-ups. 

At the University of Nottingham, we aim to give you all the support you need to nurture your talent, develop and reach your professional and personal career goals. We are committed to providing competitive employment packages while supporting the well-being of our staff to help them reach their full potential. As a university employee, you will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including leading fitness and health facilities, staff discounts and travel schemes, along with a generous holiday allowance and a highly attractive pension scheme.

This opportunity is offered as a fixed term contract until 31st July 2026. Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours) ; however applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 29 hours per week). Please specify in your application if you wish to work part time and the number of preferred hours. Flexible working arrangements may be considered.

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Claire Mulholland, Senior Manager: Business Development (HGI) and Ingenuity Impact, email Claire.Mulholland@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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