You will lead the relevant frontline regulation with a broad remit. You have responsibility for a significant portfolio of work across equality, diversity and inclusion, skills and pathways, funding, student information and engagement and conditions of registration, with a particular focus on: pathways and skills policy, including the implementation of the LLE and managing and distributing OfS recurrent and capital funding to higher education providers.
You will be responsible for developing, delivering and evaluating impartial outreach projects for young and adult learners from across the Liverpool City Region. Informed by the key aims and guidance of the Uni Connect programme, you will develop sustained interventions to support learners to make an informed choice about their future pathway. Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience of working with young people in a school, college or community setting. They will also have an awareness of the benefits of widening participation to Higher Education.
You will join the University at a pivotal moment as the University develops its next Strategic Plan, gives a unique opportunity to shape and lead Edge Hill in the next phase of its development. You will combine a strategic and commercial focus with an ability to translate vision into action to deliver positive outcomes.
You will support the design, development, and delivery of pre-entry outreach and widening participation programmes for young people from groups currently under-represented at LSE. Primarily, one role will focus on developing and coordinating a new KS3 attainment-raising programme, as well as managing the School Governors Scheme. The other role will concentrate on delivering LSE Thrive, a sustained access programme for Year 12 students of Black heritage, and coordinating the Black Achievement Conference, a half-day online event celebrating the achievements and contributions of LSE’s Black community. In your application, please specify which position you are interested in. You will also deliver targeted events and activities aimed at widening access to LSE and other selective institutions for students from under-represented groups. This includes initiatives such as subject-specific outreach delivered in collaboration with academic departments and schools liaison activities.
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