Dear colleagues,
RE: PROJECT OFFICER (EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION)
Please find below details of a new post in the Outreach Office
(Schools and Colleges Liaison), at Aston University. The closing date is
23 March. If anyone would like to discuss this in more detail please give
me a call on 0121 359 3611 ext 4822.
ASTON UNIVERSITY
SCHOOLS & COLLEGES LIAISON
OUTREACH OFFICE
Project Officer (Evaluation and Dissemination)
Grade 2 Administrative, Library and Computer scale
Salary range £19,482 - £25,213
Fixed term contract until 31st December 2002.
A new Outreach Office, established within Schools and Colleges Liaison in
1999, supports a wide range of outreach activities in which university
students tutor and mentor in local schools and colleges to raise
aspirations, attainment and progression to F/HE. The Office leads an
externally-funded partnership Student Tutoring Project to develop a
programme of outreach activities in local schools and colleges and to
determine the impact of student tutoring on pupils and upon widening
participation to HE.
The postholder will be responsible for evaluating the impact of outreach
activities upon pupils and of the partnership project overall in its aims
to widen participation of young people to higher education. The
postholder will identify good practice and share project outcomes through
workshops, meetings, publications and the web.
Applicants will be graduates with experience of project evaluation and
information management, will have excellent analytical and interpersonal
skills and be competent in a range of IT applications including Word,
Excel, Access, SPSS and Powerpoint. Experience of work in higher
education will be an advantage.
Main responsibilities of post:
· to
enhance and implement the evaluation strategy for the student tutoring
scheme at Aston (facilitating project partner evaluation, advising on
future developments to determine the long term impact of student
tutoring), and to develop and implement an evaluation strategy for the
work of the Outreach Office in support of the University’s widening
participation strategy.
· to
identify good practice in widening participation through student tutoring
and school outreach programmes, and to share project outcomes with all
stakeholders, locally, regionally and nationally, through workshops,
meetings, publications and the web.
Closing Date: 23 March
Stage 1 Interview: 28 March
Stage 2 Interview: 4 April
Application forms and further details are available from the
Personnel Officer, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET,
or by telephoning 0121 359 0870 (24 hour answerphone), or by email:
[log in to unmask], quoting reference number L01/40.
Amanda Ingleby
Outreach Manager
Schools Liaison and Careers
Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET
0121 359 3611 Ext 4822
