Role
Black Access is one of our most important widening access initiatives and needs an experienced manager to ensure its continued success during a period of parental leave. This role involves significant project management and oversight of programmes, activities and teams. You will also deliver line management support and programme team management. As the Black Access programme involves co-creation and co-delivery with university students, you will also take responsibility for direction of the student team.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
Applicants should be educated to degree level (or have an equivalent professional qualification or relevant experience), you will be enthusiastic and well informed about post-16 education and possess outstanding communication skills alongside substantial experience in partnership working and project management. You should have evidenced experience delivering programmes of work to support social impact like widening access and must have experience overseeing complex events such as residentials.
This post is fixed-term until 31st July 2026. This post may be suitable as a secondment opportunity for current University of York staff. Applications for secondment opportunities would need the agreement of your current Head of Department at the point of application.
Start Date: To start before the end of the year, by 8th December at the latest
Interviews: 27th November 2025
Contract type: Fixed term to 31st July, the end date to this post may change depending on parental leave return date that could be up to December 2026.
The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 16th November