Imperial College London Hiring for Postgraduate Education Officer (Maternity Cover) Job at South Kensington, England , UK Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual to join the Postgraduate Education Team within a busy central team in the Faculty Education Office (Medicine). The Faculty of Medicine (FoM) offers a range of postgraduate courses across its departments, comprising of PhDs, Masters, Diplomas, Certificates, short courses, CPD programmes, and two Summer Schools The FoM has devised a set of strategic imperatives that will allow it to work closely with its departments to facilitate the enhancement and volume of their postgraduate provision.

You will have experience of leading projects in a higher education setting and be able to demonstrate extensive administration experience. As well as the Postgraduate Education Manager, the postholder will support the Section Head and Faculty Academic Leads in facilitating enhancement across all PG activities, managing faculty-based processes and projects. These include FoM Master’s scholarships and prizes, Medical Research Council (MRC) PhD costed extensions, the PG Connections series of student events, student professional profiles, PG Research and PG Taught student surveys.

Duties and responsibilities

You will maintain the MRC funded PhD costed extensions application process, acting as the main point of contact across College and ensuring that information is accurate. This includes reporting quantitative and qualitative data to the external funder.

You will plan and manage the launch and submission of the PG Taught (PTES) and PG Research (PRES) student experience surveys and reports on behalf of the Faculty and be involved in producing summaries and analysis of the results.

You will be responsible for the Postgraduate Staff Information Hub webpages, ensuring that key information is easily accessible and that the webpages are maintained and updated with the most relevant information for departmental colleagues.

You will review and determine the outcome of the College MRC PhD Supplement Scheme student applications, judging when to liaise with the Doctoral Degrees Academic Lead as needed. You will send application outcomes to students and the host department and maintain accurate records of funds for annual reporting purposes to the funder.

Essential requirements

• Educated to Degree level, or equivalent relevant experience in a similar or related role(s), demonstrating development through a series of progressively more demanding work/roles.
• The role requires proactive and independent working practices to manage competing priorities and establish effective working relationships with colleagues in the Faculty’s departments as well as networking across College.
• Strong operational knowledge of some areas relating to this role.
• High level of expertise in using MS Office packages (Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Outlook and Word).
• Capacity to navigate difficult situations and conflicting views with tact and diplomacy, while having patience to complete tasks thoroughly and achieve necessary outcomes.
• Able to work independently and as part of a larger team in a large and complex organisation, working collaboratively with colleagues, displaying a professional attitude at all times.
• Excellent communication skills.

Further information

This is a Full time and Fixed term Maternity cover post for 12 months based at the South Kensington Campus.

Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Nousheen Tariq, Postgraduate Education Manager, [email protected]