Regional Education Partnerships Project Coordinator

Newcastle University; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle University is seeking a proactive Project Coordinator to oversee the operational delivery of the NEUCP and Access UNEE partnerships. You will coordinate data collection, governance, and financial processes, ensuring compliance with GDPR and contractual requirements while supporting planning and reporting.

The role requires experience in multi-partner environments, staff supervision, and driving processes across partners.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating operational processes in a multi-partner project.
• Experience data collection, governance and financial processes.
• Knowledge of GDPR and data protection in partnerships.
• Experience supervising staff and managing workloads.
• Full UK driving licence held.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day operational support and systems to enable partnership delivery.
• Oversee operational functions including finance, data management, governance and administration.
• Lead data collection processes, ensuring accurate and timely submissions.
• Manage administration and QA of systems, databases and records (including HEAT).
• Ensure GDPR/data governance compliance and data sharing agreements.
• Coordinate financial processes including expenditure monitoring and reporting.
• Support budget management and partner financial compliance.
• Coordinate governance, audit and assurance activities and maintain records.
• Monitor compliance with processes and milestone deadlines; address issues.
• Line manage Project Assistants; develop workloads and performance.
• Act as operational contact for partner organisations and provide guidance on processes.
• Plan operational cycles and monitor milestones; implement improvements.
• Provide management information to support planning, reporting and decisions.

Skills

Data governance

Budget monitoring

Project coordination

GDPR compliance

Stakeholder liaison

Staff supervision

Data entry/validation

Tools

HEAT data system

Finance systems

Job description

Newcastle University is seeking a proactive Project Coordinator to oversee the operational delivery of the NEUCP and Access UNEE partnerships. You will coordinate data collection, governance, and financial processes, ensuring compliance with GDPR and contractual requirements while supporting planning and reporting.

The role requires experience in multi-partner environments, staff supervision, and driving processes across partners.