Job Title : Programme Co-ordinator, Campus and Cluster Team Salary: £34,905 per annum Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (18 months) Location: Harwell, Didcot Closing Date: 21st April 2024 About Us Together at STFC, part of UKRI, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether its sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society. Come and discover how much you can achieve when youre surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity. Our Campus and Cluster Development Team works with key stakeholders and partners to drive the growth of clusters anchored to our campuses at Harwell and Sci-Tech Daresbury. We fully exploit the potential of these clusters in space, energy, health and life sciences, digital and quantum to tackle the major challenges of today and tomorrow, boost knowledge exchange, innovation and commercialisation in business, contributing to economic growth and prosperity. This role We are seeking an enthusiastic Programme Co-ordinator to join our well-established team. You will work with colleagues across our Campuses and stakeholders across the UK to support important areas of Campus and Cluster development. The core focus of this role will help to build links between stakeholders and the world-leading ecosystem at Harwell, you will also support the delivery of key cluster development programmes and activities. Your key responsibilities include Stakeholder Engagement and Management Building relationships with teams and relevant organisations across STFC and Harwell to deliver specific stakeholder engagement activities for our Clusters and Campuses, for example coordinating visits from national and international delegations of businesses, government and policy makers. Drafting agendas, making and communicating plans, collating slide decks, distributing briefs and reports, as appropriate, to support the smooth delivery of visits, engagement activities and events. Working closely with the STFC Impact and Engagement team and other teams at Harwell to support the creation of clear communication material, for example highlighting the impact of projects, programmes and visits via social media and internal newsletters. Programme Delivery Coordinating teams, both internal and external, that carry out active management of funded projects, for example, monitoring budgets; coordinating programme and monitoring officer meetings and communications; preparing papers, reports and briefings. Helping to administer and improve information management for the team, for example contributing to the development of project management tools and templates, and maintaining the SharePoint site used for storage of key documents, project plans, and reports. Supporting colleagues in managing different project and programme boards, such as the Harwell and Sci-Tech Daresbury Campus Cluster Steering Boards, the Connected Capability Networks steering board, and Cross Cluster Partnerships steering board on space nuclear, through preparing meetings (drafting agendas, collating and distributing papers, creating slide decks), assisting during the meeting by taking minutes, and post-meeting monitoring of actions. Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on activities, project and programmes. Collating evidence on successes, outcomes and impacts and producing creative and impactful materials for a wider range of audiences. Providing support in other areas of Campus and Cluster management and supporting other members of the team, as and when required. Our Benefits UK Research and Innovation recognises and values employees as individuals and aim to provide a pay and rewards package that motivates staff to perform to the best of their ability. The reward package includes a flexible working scheme, Defined benefit pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance plus 10.5 bank holiday/privilege days and several other benefits. Person Specification A relevant degree or equivalent experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills, including an excellent standard of written English, and the ability to write briefings, papers, reports and complex correspondence as required. IT skills, including word-processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, databases, collaboration tools, online communication platforms, and remote working tools. Ability to organise and prioritise your own workload, to be flexible and manage multiple competing projects, to plan work both in the short and long term and to oversee the effective meeting of deadlines. Ability to work effectively as part of a team. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact across and between different groups or organisations, and build strong working relationships with a variety of people from different professional backgrounds in industry and academia. An ability to work with ambiguity and deal with difficult situations by showing initiative and judgement in a constantly changing environment. A willingness to travel and work away from the office and/or outside normal working hours on occasion. We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Whatever our role, we have the freedom to explore, learn and connect, as part of a community that loves to share knowledge and support one another. As one of Europes largest research organisations, this is a place where theres always something new to learn about the world around us, about your career, but most of all, about yourself. Join us and discover whats possible About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) As one of Europes largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. Were proud of the impact we make. And were committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. Youll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, youll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, youll discover just what a difference you can make when youre equipped and inspired to excel. Were a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others dont, ask questions that others wont, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether its at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. Its very often ground-breaking. And its endlessly, irresistibly fascinating. For more information about STFC please visit https://stfc.ukri.org/ You can also visit our careers site https://www.stfccareers.co.uk/ About UK Research Innovation (UKRI) UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. Supporting some of the worlds most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation. More information can be found at www.ukri.org. Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI. The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment. How we support EDI in the workforce At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit How we support EDI in the workforce. Disability Confident Employer As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. How to apply Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. 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