Project Administrator

Midwifery at the University; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and inclusive team at a leading higher education institution as a Project Administrator. This role offers a unique opportunity to support a variety of exciting projects aimed at enhancing public engagement in universities. You'll be involved in planning and executing events, managing communications, and contributing to a vibrant academic community. With a focus on collaboration and creativity, this position is perfect for individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and are eager to make a positive impact on society. Embrace the chance to grow your skills and be part of a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and innovation.

Benefits

Generous Annual Leave

Career Average Pension Scheme

Retail Savings

Onsite Nursery

Training Opportunities

Personal Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Wide range of administrative experience in an office environment.
• Ability to work with staff at all levels and external partners.
• Good IT skills and ability to manage competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to project managers on planning and reporting.
• Assist in organizing workshops, webinars, and events.
• Help manage communications and social media content.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Service Skills

IT Skills

Digital Content Creation

Social Media Management

Video Editing Skills

Tools

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Job description

The job information is shown below. Please click on the links to see full details.

The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) supports culture change in the UK higher education (HE) sector. We are working to build an inclusive higher education sector where communities can contribute to, and benefit from, knowledge, teaching and research. We do this by supporting excellent public engagement practice; creating the conditions for public engagement to thrive in universities; and building strong networks and partnerships to amplify our impact.

We are an agile and creative organisation, funded by UK Research and Innovation, Research England, Wellcome, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Scottish Funding Council and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland. The Centre is jointly hosted by University of the West of England (UWE) and University of Bristol (UoB), benefitting from being part of two vibrant universities. This role is being recruited through UWE.

The NCCPE is involved a wide range of activities, and we are looking for two Project Administrators to help us deliver our expanding portfolio of work. These roles will be involved in a range of exciting projects and, primarily, will provide underpinning support to our project managers on planning, actioning and progress reporting. Your role could include helping us to plan and deliver a sector-wide engagement process which will involve workshops, webinars and other events with people from both inside and outside of HE. You may also help support our communications, posting content to our website and to social media, and help to plan and deliver our major NCCPE conference, planned for Spring 2026. You may also help support the development of our training and the other services we offer to higher education providers.

These will be varied and interesting roles, so come and join our friendly, busy team based at 4, Portwall Place in central Bristol – and help unlock the potential of universities to make a positive difference to society.

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About you

You will have a wide range of administrative experience in an office environment including working as part of a project team. Alongside excellent organisational skills, you will be a good communicator both verbally and in writing and be able to work with staff at all levels of the organisation as well as with NCCPE’s external partners, clients and collaborators. You will have good customer service skills, be able to support events and external meetings and manage queries from delegates. Lastly, you will need good IT skills (including ideally using platforms such as Zoom and Teams) and the ability manage competing demands and work to tight deadlines. If you have additional skills around digital content creation, social media management and/or video editing skills this would be an advantage.

Where is this role based

Our offices are based in the city at 4 Portwall Place, Bristol BS1 6NB

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol , one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

At the NCCPE, we are looking for people who thrive working in a flexible way in a small, but busy team. We strive to live our values and have created an inclusive and supportive working environment which aims to help our team to grow and develop. We put learning and reflection at the heart of all our activities to enable us to realise our commitments to inclusive practice. Our commitment is public, and you can read more about it here NCCPE Statement of Inclusion | NCCPE (publicengagement.ac.uk)

In line with our inclusive culture, we will welcome applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds, life experiences and organisational knowledges, recognising that they bring rich experiences and different perspectives that are of great benefit to our work, alongside their skills and expertise.

Further information

If you have a question about these job roles then please post it on our Padlet in the first instance and we will try and answer it within 48 hours. You can access our Padlet here NCCPE Project Administrator . Your questions and our answers will be visible to all interested candidates.

Initial interviews may be conducted online. We aim to give candidates a week's notice to attend interview. Final Interviews are scheduled to take place at our offices at 4 Portwall Place, BS1 6NB.

We are looking for 2 X Project Administrator posts.

These are full-time, fixed-term posts until 31/3/27, working 37 hours per week.

They post are available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part-time

Initial interviews will be held on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th June. There will be second round of interviews on Thursday 19th June if needed .

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore office based for 2 days per week with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

Right to Work in the UK

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options .

Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

Advice to applicants

We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about this opportunity please complete our application form as soon as possible.

Tell us how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description and include specific examples wherever possible.

Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.