{"job":{"jobId":854,"fk_accountId":null,"fk_organizationId":610,"fk_adminAccountId":null,"title":"Project Assistant, Research and Evaluation","description":"\n<p><strong>Are you passionate about making a difference and improving access to higher education? Do you have excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail? Do you want be part of a team working on a cutting-edge Realist Evaluation framework to help us evidence what works in Higher Education outreach? </strong></p>\n<p>Go Higher West Yorkshire, a consortium of 13 Higher Education Providers in West Yorkshire, is looking to appoint a Project Assistant to support the delivery of our OfS funded National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP).</p>\n<p>NCOP seeks to identify and address issues around progression to higher education for young people living in areas where progression is low overall, and particularly low when GCSE attainment is taken into account. Working with the NCOP Research and Evaluation team, academic experts, and our network of school, college and university stakeholders, you will ensure the project’s targets for improved access into higher education are met, by supporting research, evaluation and monitoring of our outreach activity. This is varied role in which you will support the planning and organisation of research fieldwork and evaluation activity, as well as working closely with school and college-based staff to collect and record their monitoring data.</p>\n<p>The post will be based in the Go Higher West Yorkshire team, located on the University of Leeds campus, but will require the holder to work on a flexible basis, including travel to alternative locations and occasional evening/weekend work.</p>\n<p><strong>To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:</strong></p>\n<p>Dr Anna Woodhouse, NCOP Research and Evaluation Manager (Go Higher West Yorkshire)</p>\n<p>Tel: +44 (0)113 343 6661, email: <a data-mz=\"\" href=\"mailto:A.Woodhouse@leeds.ac.uk\" rel=\"no-follow\">A.Woodhouse@leeds.ac.uk</a> </p>\n<p>Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 24 February 2020.</p>\n<p><strong>Location</strong>: Leeds - Main Campus\n<strong>Faculty/Service</strong>: Student Education Service\n<strong>School/Institute</strong>: Admissions & Recruitment\n<strong>Section</strong>: Educational Engagement\n<strong>Category</strong>: Administrative and Clerical Support\n<strong>Grade</strong>: Grade 5\n<strong>Salary</strong>: £23,067 to £26,715 p.a.\n<strong>Post Type</strong>: Full Time\n<strong>Contract Type</strong>: Fixed Term (until 31 July 2021)\n<strong>Release Date</strong>: Thursday 23 January 2020\n<strong>Closing Date</strong>: Wednesday 12 February 2020\n<strong>Downloads</strong>: <a data-mz=\"\" href=\"https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Upload/vacancies/files/17569/SESAR1226%20Project%20Assistant.pdf&embedded=true\" rel=\"no-follow\">Candidate Brief</a></p>\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Leeds, United Kingdom","location1":"유럽","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":"https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=SESAR1226","fileUrl1":"","fileUrl2":"","fileUrl3":"","fileUrl4":"","fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Fixed Term","salary":"£23,067 to £26,715 p.a.","original_id":"UNI|194184","original_domain":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/194184/project-assistant-research-and-evaluation/?LinkSource=PremiumListing","original_isPremium":"true","closeType":1,"closedAt":"2020-02-11T06:00:00.000Z","requireEducation":10,"managerTel":"","managerFax":"","managerEmail":"A.Woodhouse@leeds.ac.uk","managerName":"UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS","managerPhone":"","managerAddress":null,"log_hit":4,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"createdAt":"2020-01-23T15:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":null},"organization":{"organizationId":610,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"University of Leeds","name_en":"University of Leeds","name_alt":",","introduction":"<p>The University of Leeds is a redbrick university in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire.</p><p>Officially founded in the early 20th century, the university’s origins can be traced back to the 19th century, when the Yorkshire College of Science was established. 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Teaching staff have been awarded 26 National Teaching Fellowships – more than any other university in the UK.</p><p>With over 30,000 students – 5,000 of them international, from more than 100 countries – the university prides itself on being a multicultural and international institution.</p><p> </p><p>Its partnership with Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, China was the first overseas school to be set up by the University of Leeds and offers students a unique UK-Chinese engineering curriculum.</p><p>The university is located on a single-site campus, just a short walk from Leeds’ vibrant city centre, with access to art galleries, museums, shopping and sports facilities, as well as green spaces.</p><p> </p><p>Leeds University Union offers over 250 clubs and societies and its students' union was the first in the UK to be awarded ‘excellent’ status by the National Union of Students (NUS) as part of its Quality Students' Unions accreditation scheme.</p><p>A recent £520m has been invested into transforming its campus, which includes state-of-the-art sport and well-being facilities, a 25m eight lane swimming pool and the largest fitness suite of any UK university</p><p>Leeds alumni include the late historian Herbert Read, the singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, and the astronaut Piers Sellers.</p>","logoImg":"","logoImgSquare":"https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/jobs.ac.kr/dev/images/sajdlkda_414175179581.png","homepageUrl":"https://www.leeds.ac.uk/","infoUrl":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-leeds","country":"GB","state":"West Yorkshire","location":"유럽","address":"171-173 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom","phoneNumber":"+44 113 243 1751","faxNumber":"","type":1,"univType1":"대학","univType2":"대학교","univType3":"","univType4":"본교","establishedAt":"1904-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","count_majors":null,"count_students":null,"meta_competitiveness":"","publishState":1,"updatedAt":"2020-03-26T01:19:01.000Z","createdAt":"2020-03-04T11:13:07.000Z","default_1_bannerImage":null,"default_1_bannerImageMobile":null,"default_2_bannerImage":null,"default_2_bannerImageMobile":null,"default_3_bannerImage":null,"default_3_bannerImageMobile":null}}