OD Officer – Academic & Researcher Experience (ARX)

Job title:

OD Officer – Academic & Researcher Experience (ARX)

Company

University College London

Job description

About usThe Academic and Researcher Experience Team (ARX) within Organisational Development works across functions to deliver strategic projects which engage and nurture academics and researchers to be collaborative, supportive and creative in increasingly competitive and challenging environment. Current key projects include the Researcher Skills Development Programmes, Festival of Early-Stage Researchers, Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Career Aspiration Programme and Mid-Career Researcher (MCR) Career Acceleration Programme.About the roleThis role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to UCL’s status as a beacon for excellent research culture across the Higher Education Sector, driven by forging closer links with key stakeholders and communities. The postholder will provide crucial administrative and end-to-end support to the high impact programmes, initiatives and interventions delivered by the ARX team. You will also build your knowledge and skills within OD and contribute to the design, delivery, evaluation and reshaping of new and continuing projects.About youYou will be someone who has experience of working in Higher Education in a researcher development space, with skills in organisation, customer service, project support and the ability work effectively in a team environment. We’re looking for someone who makes inclusion, diversity and intercultural awareness central to their way of working and brings innovative ideas to improve the development of UCL’s researcher and academic communities.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 41 days of holiday, including 27 days of annual leave, 8 bank holidays, and 6 closure days.

• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme: Have the option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave.

• Pension Scheme: Benefit from our defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE).

• Employee Wellbeing Initiatives: Take advantage of our cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and immigration loan.

• Relocation Support: We offer a relocation scheme for certain positions to assist with the transition.

• Work-Life Balance: With on-site nursery facilities and an on-site gym, we support your wellbeing inside and outside the workplace.

• Family-Friendly Policies: Enjoy enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay to support you during important life moments.

• Employee Assistance Programme: Access our Staff Support Service for confidential assistance with personal or professional challenges.

• Medical Insurance: Benefit from discounted medical insurance for you and your family.

Explore more about our comprehensive rewards and benefits package at UCL’s Rewards and Benefits Page.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 03:47:13 GMT

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