Communications and Events Officer
University College London
United Kingdom

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) rated the majority of the research outputs of the UCL School of Management as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”; at 95%, this was the second highest percentage of any business school in the UK.

The School is home to over 1,300 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplinary outlook, and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences.

This is an exciting time to join the UCL School of Management as it is embarking on a significant expansion plan which will see it deliver on a new strategy to double in size over the next five years. An increase in degree programmes and staff will ensure that we continue our mission to deliver the next generation of socially conscious entrepreneurial leaders, who will tackle the world’s greatest challenges.

Further information about the School can be found here: www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk

The postholder will proactively support the whole events process from the planning stage, administration, through to delivering the event and supporting post-event evaluation.

The role seeks to deliver a range of exciting events which professionally and creatively promote the UCL School of Management to a range of audiences. Our audiences and events include prospective students for our open days, current students at graduation, our staff at internal conferences and also alumni, business leaders, political influencers and other national and international stakeholders.

The postholder will also provide support across wider communications and marketing activities within the School, including digital content such as social media, web content and e-newsletters, branding, student recruitment, media and PR, and general administration.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following criteria:

• Experience of providing administrative support for a variety of activities
• Knowledge of how to deliver excellent customer service
• Experience of organising or supporting the delivery of events in a professional or voluntary capacity
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communications skills, in person and in writing
• Excellent IT skills including a working knowledge of MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite and Canva
• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining high standards
• Ability to work outside of core working hours (10am to 4pm), including attendance at evening and weekend events

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

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

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.