About the role
As Planning & Performance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the coordination of UCL Advancement’s strategic planning and reporting activity, while enabling effective partnership management across a portfolio of strategic capital projects and internal stakeholder engagement.
Working closely with the Senior Planning & Performance Manager, you will provide operational support to the annual departmental planning cycle, ensuring clear oversight of campaign-critical and business as usual activity, associated timelines, dependencies and quarterly reporting. You will produce high-quality templates, guidance, reports and slide decks to enable effective planning and review, and will provide cross-departmental project support to ensure delivery is efficient and well coordinated.
You will act as a central repository for strategic project information, maintaining clarity around governance arrangements, timelines, stakeholders, risks and reporting requirements. The role will also coordinate internal working groups to support fundraising projects and ensure strong information flows between Advancement and relevant project boards and teams.
A key element of the role involves stakeholder engagement across the university. You will support the preparation of committee papers and presentations, coordinate engagement touchpoints with faculties and other internal partners, and help establish effective use of systems and data to track and monitor activity.
We are happy to consider applications to work on a part-time/flexible basis wherever possible (minimum FTE – equivalent of 4 days per week, stated salary to be pro-rata).
This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.
To find out more about the role, please contact Ebony-Gale Ward by email: .
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Confident and experienced in managing complex projects and using a range of systems and tools to keep projects running smoothly, you're comfortable coordinating information and activity across departments and navigating a large, multifaceted organisation. You will be comfortable engaging colleagues at a range of levels and building effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will bring strong organisational skills and acute attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities and adapt when circumstances change. Your approach will combine high-level administrative capability with sound judgement, problem-solving skills and an enterprising mind-set that seeks continuous improvement.
You will be confident preparing engaging reports, presentations and written communications, and possess strong spreadsheet skills, including the ability to interpret and present data clearly through pivot tables and charts. Highly developed interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence will enable you to manage expectations, influence positively and offer practical solutions in complex environments.
Experience within a fundraising team in the education, charity or arts sector would be advantageous.
We are pleased to accept applications from individuals who possess transferable skills and experience drawn from sectors outside of Higher Education.
What we offer
We know that our people are our greatest asset and in return we provide an empowering environment where personal and professional growth is invested in. We offer agile working and flexibility around working hours. Working with some of the greatest intellects in the world, UCL also offers a generous pension scheme and holiday allowance, plus closure days and bank holidays.