Access Coordinator

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Access Service within Student Recruitment, Marketing and Admissions (SRMA). We are looking for someone with a passion for widening access and supporting young people's transition to University, irrespective of their background. This role will provide you with an opportunity to use your skills to support underrepresented groups in securing work experience opportunities, embed mentoring throughout our programmes and help Y13 students transition to becoming registered students with the University.

Our ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or have relevant experience. You will have strong organisational skills, experience of working with groups who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education and experience working with a wide variety of stakeholders. We work closely together as a directorate, so we are looking for someone who can collaborate, share successes, and identify areas of opportunity. It will be vital for the chosen candidate to develop relationships with businesses and other stakeholders that advance the widening access agenda and provide attainment raising or skills-based opportunities to the young people we advocate for.

You will work in a well-connected team with nationally recognised partners and initiatives such as The Brilliant Club, Skills builder and the Sutton Trust with whom we partner to deliver impactful opportunities for our students. You will be essential to supporting both the Access Service and the wider SRMA team, helping to secure the reputation of the University with respect to its widening access activity.

The main focus of the role will be administrative, operational and logistical support to provide work experience opportunities to our Access to Sheffield programme participants, mentoring and transitions activity, targeted work with underrepresented groups and Summer Schools.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

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