Regional Activities Co-Ordinator

Sheffield Hallam University; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Hallam University, via Hepp, seeks a Regional Activities Coordinator to deliver widening participation across South Yorkshire. You will build strong relationships with schools, coordinate outreach activity, and ensure programmes meet local learners’ needs.

Working with Hepp and partner organisations, you will manage data, reporting, and communications, supervise engagement staff, and help ensure high quality, safeguarding standards while promoting progression to higher education for

Responsibilities

• Deliver Hepp’s widening participation programme across South Yorkshire and act as the primary contact for target schools.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with schools and partners, coordinate planning and delivery of outreach activity.
• Ensure programmes are responsive to the needs of local learners and stakeholders.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement, event delivery, project coordination and supervision of engagement staff.
• Develop and maintain operational systems and processes including data management, reporting, communications and evaluation.

Job description

Grade 5 - £28,592 to £31,861per annum (depending on experience)

About Hepp

The Higher Education Progression Partnership (Hepp), a partnership of Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield, works across South Yorkshire to encourage more children, young people, and adults to consider higher education opportunities.

We work together with schools, colleges, families and communities to deliver a coherent programme of higher education Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) that supports our region’s learners at every stage throughout their educational journey.

The role

The Regional Activities Coordinator plays a key role in delivering Hepp’s widening participation programme across South Yorkshire.Acting as the primary contact for target schools across the region, the postholder will build and maintain strong relationships with schools and partners, coordinate the planning and delivery of outreach activity, and ensure programmes are responsive to the needs of local learners and stakeholders.

The role combines stakeholder engagement, event delivery, project coordination and supervision of engagement staff to support informed decision making and, ultimately, progression into higher education for underrepresented groups.

The postholder will be responsible for developing and maintaining a range of operational systems and processes that underpin effective programme delivery, including data management, reporting, communications and evaluation. Working collaboratively across the Hepp team and partner organisations, they will contribute to the development of resources, support projects and events, and help ensure activities are delivered to high quality, ethical and safeguarding standards. The role requires strong organisational skills, proactive relationship management and a commitment to widening participation and educational opportunity.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

If you are currently a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), you can choose to opt out of the LGPS and remain in the USS. Please contact the Pensions team to discuss options available.

If you are offered this post you will be subject to an enhanced with barred lists check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working at Sheffield Hallam University but its relevance to the duties of the post will need to be assessed before the appointment is confirmed.

Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

The role is not likely to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route so if you are an international applicant, you will need to ensure you have an appropriate visa to evidence the necessary right to work in the UK. For more information, please visit the UKVI Guidance before applying.

We welcome applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements.

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