About the Role

Based across University Centre & Leeds Conservatoire

This highly motivated Access and Participation Officer will provide support for access and participation in relation to underrepresented groupsat Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds. This will predominately focus on the delivery of outreach activity to schools, colleges and communities across West Yorkshire, but will also upport with the administration anddelivery of progression activity for on-course students from underrepresented groups.

What You Will Do

The Access and Participation Officer will represent Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds whilst promotingaccess to and progression in higher education (HE) through a variety of activities. This will include activity/session administration and the facilitation of activity in schools, college and communities across West Yorkshire, mainly Leeds.

You will liaise with, and work collaboratively with, inter- and cross-institution departments and teams to develop, co-ordinate and monitorinformation, advice and guidance to support access and participation in HE. This will include facilitating knowledge exchange from external agencies into the institution to relevant departments.

About You

• Must have a degree/equivalent qualificationin a relevent subject area or equivalent or substantial workexperience in this area
• A good understanding of thebarriers to higher education for under-represented groups.
• You should have experience of working on outreach and/or student support activity and experience working with schools, teachers, parents, and/or community groups would be beneficial.
• Ability to manage own workload effectively and flexibly in order to meet deadlines
• Flexible to travel across different locations

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
  • Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
  • Academic 37 days
  • Senior Management 37 days
• Generous Pension schemes
  • Teachers Pension Scheme
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements