You will be responsible for: school retention - building excellent relationships with schools and trusts so that every school who starts the MESME programme in their region is retained on the programme for the long-term; school growth - growing the number of schools who are on the MESME programme; partnership building - building local and regional partnerships with other actors in the maths eco-system in the region so that every school is supported; mentor coordination - recruiting MESME-employed mentors in the region and matching them with schools to support them to provide circles in KS4; ensuring there is the support in place locally to enable every school to continue offering MESME to their pupils from Year 9 upwards, even if they are not able to staff these circles themselves
You will lead widening access and participation provision as part of the Directorate of Academic Business Development, responsible for providing direction, support, and leadership to the University on strategy and policy to increase access to the University from groups underrepresented in Higher Education.
You will work across the regulation directorate on several projects, gaining a whole breadth of experience, including to: register new higher education providers wanting to enter the sector; assess providers’ plans to improve access and participation among underrepresented groups; deliver funded programmes such as Uni Connect; investigate and assess compliance with our conditions of registration and intervene in the interest of students; develop and implement policy reforms to improve quality and standards and equality of opportunity; and improve OfS systems that deliver services to providers.
You will be responsible for delivery and administration of the University’s Widening Participation projects, working within a small team of officers and assistants. The projects are diverse and exciting and involve working alongside young people of all ages, working to ensure that BCU is situated as a market leader in their Widening Participation (WP) recruitment activity. The Widening Participation Officer will help to develop the position of BCU as ‘the University for Birmingham’. You will support the WP and Partnerships Manager in delivering the WP and Partnerships strategy, ensuring that relationships with key partner organisations and initiatives align with the strategic objectives of the University and the department.
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