Access Assistant

About us

The Access and Widening Participation Office leads on the development and implementation of UCL’s strategies to widen access to UCL from underrepresented groups. The Access Team is responsible for changing UCL’s intake of students from underrepresented groups.

The team works closely with faculties and departments to support local plans to close their access gaps. The team also works closely with the Data and Impact team - part of the wider Social Mobility and Student Success area - to provide evidence of impact and to identify current trends and research that will inform the development of activity. www.ucl.ac.uk/wp

About the role

The team delivers a programme of activities for Year 12 students and works closely with faculties and departments, supporting them to develop local WP action plans to close access gaps for underrepresented students.

The Access Assistant will be responsible for general clerical duties relating to a broad range of activities within the Access and Widening Participation Office. These duties will include responding to enquiries, data entry, assisting with logistics for outreach activity and events, providing information and advice to prospective students and working with current UCL students.

This is an exciting time to join a friendly and enthusiastic team, where you will also have the opportunity to contribute to setting up new systems, services and procedures to support the project work of the team.

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Caroline Fionda Dedman at: c.fionda@ucl.ac.uk

If you have any queries about the application process, please contact Passant Khalifa, Senior Recruiter via p.khalifa@ucl.ac.uk

About you

The successful applicant will have excellent IT skills including a working knowledge of MS Office applications and knowledge of using databases, good interpersonal skills and a commitment to high quality service delivery. We are looking for someone who will be a collaborative member of the team and can multi-task effectively.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

On-Site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As 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/