Website Transformation Project Lead
Department
Marketing, Communications and External Affairs
Salary
Starting from £58,225, rising to £67,468 (pro rata)
Contract Type
Part-Time, Fixed-Term
Closing Date
Wednesday 01 April 2026
Interview Date
Friday 17 April 2026
Reference
KD13482
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a professional with extensive expertise in website transformation to lead the delivery of the first phase of our strategic website project. You will join a small project team and provide vital expertise, oversight and guidance to help ensure the success of the project.
The Website Transformation Project Lead is a key leadership role in this strategic project, acting as champion for collaboration and innovation, and working closely with internal specialists and external partners.
You will engage with colleagues who are providing expertise across key areas, including Project and Change Management, Marketing (including Digital Development and Content Strategy, Student Marketing, and Creative Services), Recruitment and Admissions, Communications, Innovation and Research Impact, HR, our Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) department and others, fostering an integrated approach to achieve the Universitys ambitious goals.
About you
- Proven experience of delivering end-to-end website transformation or redesign projects for a large, complex organisation
- Proven experience of working with emerging technologies and artificial intelligence
- Strong appreciation and understanding of web content management systems and development principles, user experience and user interface design
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence at different levels with internal and external stakeholders
Further information
This role is offered on a part-time (18 hours per week) fixed-term basis for nine months. Days of work can be negotiated, but flexibility will be required to ensure availability to meet project needs.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Kylie Smith, Project Manager. Please ensure that you submit your application through the University website.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality, receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from underrepresented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader, and an autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you:
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us, and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional five discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities, including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits on our website and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work, as well as following us on X and LinkedIn.
Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship, and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
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