WP Data and Evaluation Officer

Department: Student Recruitment & Admissions

Salary: Starting from £28,929, rising to £35,308

Closing date: Sunday 16 April 2023

The Widening Access Team at the University of Bath is seeking a committed, flexible and hardworking individual for the role of Data and Evaluation Officer.

About the role:

Supporting the Widening Access team and the wider University, you will be analysing student data to provide into access and participation trends across the University. You will also work closely with the APP Evaluation Manager to support staff from across the University with advice and guidance around evaluation plans, methodologies and reporting.

A key member of the APP Impact team, working alongside the APP Impact Manager, you will use these insights to monitor progress towards our APP targets.

You will then report on these insights and trends, ideally using packages such as PowerBi, to build compelling and engaging data visualisations. You’ll work with the APP Impact Manager and the Head of Widening Access and Participation to share the data with others across the University.

About you:

You will have:

- knowledge of both qualitative and quantitative evaluation methodologies
- experience in designing and implementing evaluation activities
- the knowledge to provide advice and guidance to individuals and teams designing and delivering programmes of evaluation, and the expertise to support them in the analysis of data
- the ability to engage with and communicate effectively to a wide variety of people

About us:

The Widening Access Team is part of Student Recruitment and Admissions at the University. The team is responsible for engaging and supporting students from under-represented students to progress to university particularly to Bath to achieve goals set out in the University's Access and Participation Plan.

The team is well established and passionate about supporting students and are a fairly informal group. Due to the nature of the work, there is flexibility with working times, much of the work is structured around the school day so many events happen in the afternoons, evenings or weekends.

The work the team delivers is varied and ranges from in school and online activity to campus-based events as well as sustained programmes for groups of students. The team works a lot with third sector organisations to be able to support as many students as possible.

This is a permanent, full-time position working 36.5 hours per week.

The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check.

What we can offer you:

- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Visa information

If you think you may require a visa to work in the UK, you should refer to our guidance on the Skilled Worker Visa before embarking on a job application to ensure you understand the requirements for sponsorship. You may be eligible to work in the UK via other alternative visa routes such as the Global Talent Visa or by having Settlement / Indefinite Leave to Remain - please refer to our Staff Immigration webpages for further details.

Update to our application process

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.

Other organisations may call this role Widening Participation Evaluation & Evidence Officer, Widening Access Officer, Impact Analyst, or Cross Institutional Student Success Project Officer.

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