SCAPP Learning and Development Coordinator

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Post Details

Full time
Fixed term until 31 July 2025

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 16 June 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 28 June 2024.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK.

For the purposes of sponsorship, this role may be eligble for sponsorship depending on candidate circumstances under SOC code 3557.

The University of Stirling recognises that a diverse workforce benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers and welcome applications from those who would contribute to further diversification of our staff and ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is woven into the substance of the role. We strongly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds including gender, identity, race, age, class, and ethnicity.

The Post

Following the growing success of our Learning and Development activities for widening access and widening participation, supported by Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners (SCAPP), we have an exciting opportunity for a Learning and Development Coordinator. The post will be hosted by the University of Stirling.

This position will be fixed term until July 2025 in the first instance, but may continue subject to ongoing funding.

The Learning and Development role supports the SFC investment already made in Scotland's Framework for Fair Access and builds the capacity required, alongside other measures, to further develop the professionalisation of the widening access and participation practitioner community.

In your role of Learning and Development Coordinator within SCAPP you will continue to take forward and grow the development of professional development and learning opportunities for the widening access and widening participation professional community.

You will report to the SCAPP Development Manager and work closely with the Learning and Development Working Group to further develop and shape a range of learning, development, training and CPD opportunities and events for the widening access and widening participation practitioner community.

You will bring experience of negotiating, developing and delivering targeted activities which cater for the interests and needs of the widening access and widening participation community. You will bring enthusiasm, creativity and have excellent organisational and communication skills, and with a flexible and proactive approach to your work. You will have demonstrable experience of partnership building with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work autonomously.

The post is hosted at the University of Stirling and you will benefit from the flexibility of their Agile Working Framework, which enables you to operate a hybrid approach to working.

Description of Duties

• Develop and enhance practice by identifying, creating, negotiating, organising and delivering activities, events, training and learning programmes which are relevant for the widening access and widening participation community
• Further development and management of the successful SCAPP Mentoring Programme (MAPS) and the SCAPP New Practitioner Network
• Management, support and ongoing implementation and development of the Widening Access and Widening Participation Professional Standards Framework and Accreditation Scheme
• Work with a consideration of sustainable costing models for charging of learning which is attractive and affordable for SCAPP members
• Negotiation and development of activities, learning resources, events and training to build capacity and confidence to support evaluation of widening access and participation activities, this could include supporting an Evaluation Community of Practice
• Support online content in relation to the development of learning opportunities
• Develop and maintain productive relationships and partnerships with colleagues across the sector, relevant government bodies, education partners, colleges, universities and other organisations involved in promoting widening access and participation
• Represent SCAPP at relevant meetings, conferences and other events as appropriate
• Willingness to undertake all administrative and operational tasks required by SCAPP (such as managing mailing lists, newsletters, website content) independently and in collaboration with the SCAPP Development Manager
• Manage relevant budgets for activities
• Writing of relevant reports related to role and activities delivered
• Undertake such other reasonable projects and duties as may be required by the SCAPP Development Manager and by the Steering Group

Essential Criteria

• Educated or skills and experience at SCQF 9 degree level or equivalent
• Current and demonstrable knowledge of the Scottish Widening Access and Widening Participation landscape, policy drivers, and underrepresented groups in tertiary education
• Experience of developing, negotiating and delivering professional learning experiences for a variety of different learners within the professional widening access and participation community
• Proven experience of working independently and proactively to undertake complex issues and complete tasks and projects
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong and productive effective networks and partnerships, and delivering projects in a multi-partner environment
• Experience of organising and managing events
• Excellent organisational and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to present material and information to a variety of different audiences
• Proven ability to think strategically, to prioritise effectively and to balance a demanding and varied work-load
• Confident with IT and digital platforms and software
• Willing to adopt a flexible approach to work and to travel as and when required

Desirable Criteria

• Relevant post-graduate qualification or equivalent
• Qualification and/or experience in teaching, facilitation, coaching, mentoring
• Understanding of evaluation processes in tertiary education

Behaviours and Competencies

The role holder will be required to evidence that they can meet the qualities associated with the following behavioural competencies, as detailed within the AUA Competency Framework.

Managing self and personal skills
Being aware of your own behaviour and mindful of how it impacts on others, enhancing personal skills to adapt professional practice accordingly.

Delivering excellent service
Providing the best quality service to external and internal clients. Building genuine and open long-term relationships in order to drive up service standards.

Finding solutions
Taking a holistic view and working enthusiastically to analyse problems and to develop workable solutions. Identifying opportunities for innovation.

Embracing change
Being open to and engaging with new ideas and ways of working. Adjusting to unfamiliar situations, shifting demands and changing roles.

Using resources effectively
Identifying and making the most productive use of resources including people, time, information, networks and budgets.

Engaging with the wider context
Enhancing your contribution to the organisation through an understanding of the bigger picture and showing commitment to organisational values.

Developing self and others
Showing commitment to own ongoing professional development. Supporting and encouraging others to develop their professional knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to reach their full potential.

Working together
Working collaboratively with others in order to achieve objectives. Recognising and valuing the different contributions people bring to this process.

Achieving Results
Consistently meeting agreed objectives and success criteria. Taking personal responsibility for getting things done.

About Us

SCAPP is a key pillar of Scotland’s Framework for Fair Access, established in 2019 as a result of a number of recommendations resulting from the Commission for Wider Access (CoWA) which reported in 2015. 

SCAPP aims to be a sustainable, member-led community. The membership has grown (from 86 in January 2020 to currently almost 600 and includes representation from universities, colleges, National Schools Programme, skills, voluntary, charity and public sector organisations and aims to continue to build the network to represent the diversity of interests, activities and work in which practitioners are engaged.

SCAPP delivers an important community of practice to support the development and professionalisation of a strong widening access and participation community in Scotland and embed, enhance and support effective practice in Scotland by establishing and sustaining an important pan sector community of practice for Widening Access and Widening Participation Professionals.  It allows the sharing of best practice and the policy developments that impacts our students.

SCAPP has welcomed representation and input from practitioners whose role may involve supporting widening access and participation of learners underrepresented in education in a variety of roles: providing information, advice and guidance on student choices, progression and articulation pathways, careers guidance and outreach support, evaluating and evidencing impact of access activities and interventions, etc.

SCAPP supports a number of objectives – Networking and Events, Professional Learning and Development, Evaluation and Research and Quality Standards – and is governed by a Steering Group with representation from across the university, college, National Schools Programme, school and charity sector to offer balance in terms of experience, sector representation, geographic representation and gender balance.

Further information about SCAPP can be found at www.fairaccess.scot

The University

The University of Stirling is committed to providing education with a purpose and carrying out research which has a positive impact on communities across the globe – addressing real issues, providing solutions and helping to shape society. Stirling is 4th in Scotland and 43rd in the UK for research impact, with 87% of its research having an outstanding or very considerable impact on society – and more than 80% rated either world leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021). Interdisciplinary in its approach, Stirling’s research informs its teaching curriculum and facilitates opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration between staff, students, industry partners and the wider community.

The University of Stirling is ranked among the top 30 UK universities for student satisfaction (National Student Survey) and top 10 in the UK for postgraduate student experience (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey), and has an overall five-star rating in the QS Stars University Ratings.

More than 17,000 students study with the University of Stirling globally, with over 120 nationalities represented on its scenic central Scotland campus alone. The campus – also home to 1,700 staff – has its own loch and castle, and a recent multi-million-pound redevelopment has delivered modern, flexible, and digitally connected study and social spaces at the heart of campus, including enhanced student support and retail and catering outlets.

The University has twice been recognised with a Queen's Anniversary Prize – the first for its Institute for Social Marketing and Health (2014) and the second for its Institute of Aquaculture (2019). Stirling is Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence and its recently redeveloped world-class facilities provide the perfect training environment for the University’s sports scholars – many of whom compete at the highest level, including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games – and for students, staff, and the wider community.

As a signatory to the £214 million Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal, the University is driving productivity and inclusive growth across the Forth Valley, and beyond. Through pioneering collaborative solutions to global challenges, researchers are putting innovation, skills, and partnership at the heart of a sustainable economic recovery.
www.stir.ac.uk @stiruni

Job number

SERV01906

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

Posting End Date

16-Jun-2024

Location:

Stirling Campus

Grade

Grade7 £37,099-£44,263 p.a.

Faculty/Service

Communications Marketing and Recruitment

Post Details

Full time
Fixed term until 31 July 2025

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 16 June 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 28 June 2024.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK.

For the purposes of sponsorship, this role may be eligble for sponsorship depending on candidate circumstances under SOC code 3557.

The University of Stirling recognises that a diverse workforce benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers and welcome applications from those who would contribute to further diversification of our staff and ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is woven into the substance of the role. We strongly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds including gender, identity, race, age, class, and ethnicity.

The Post

Following the growing success of our Learning and Development activities for widening access and widening participation, supported by Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners (SCAPP), we have an exciting opportunity for a Learning and Development Coordinator. The post will be hosted by the University of Stirling.

This position will be fixed term until July 2025 in the first instance, but may continue subject to ongoing funding.

The Learning and Development role supports the SFC investment already made in Scotland's Framework for Fair Access and builds the capacity required, alongside other measures, to further develop the professionalisation of the widening access and participation practitioner community.

In your role of Learning and Development Coordinator within SCAPP you will continue to take forward and grow the development of professional development and learning opportunities for the widening access and widening participation professional community.

You will report to the SCAPP Development Manager and work closely with the Learning and Development Working Group to further develop and shape a range of learning, development, training and CPD opportunities and events for the widening access and widening participation practitioner community.

You will bring experience of negotiating, developing and delivering targeted activities which cater for the interests and needs of the widening access and widening participation community. You will bring enthusiasm, creativity and have excellent organisational and communication skills, and with a flexible and proactive approach to your work. You will have demonstrable experience of partnership building with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work autonomously.

The post is hosted at the University of Stirling and you will benefit from the flexibility of their Agile Working Framework, which enables you to operate a hybrid approach to working.

Description of Duties

• Develop and enhance practice by identifying, creating, negotiating, organising and delivering activities, events, training and learning programmes which are relevant for the widening access and widening participation community
• Further development and management of the successful SCAPP Mentoring Programme (MAPS) and the SCAPP New Practitioner Network
• Management, support and ongoing implementation and development of the Widening Access and Widening Participation Professional Standards Framework and Accreditation Scheme
• Work with a consideration of sustainable costing models for charging of learning which is attractive and affordable for SCAPP members
• Negotiation and development of activities, learning resources, events and training to build capacity and confidence to support evaluation of widening access and participation activities, this could include supporting an Evaluation Community of Practice
• Support online content in relation to the development of learning opportunities
• Develop and maintain productive relationships and partnerships with colleagues across the sector, relevant government bodies, education partners, colleges, universities and other organisations involved in promoting widening access and participation
• Represent SCAPP at relevant meetings, conferences and other events as appropriate
• Willingness to undertake all administrative and operational tasks required by SCAPP (such as managing mailing lists, newsletters, website content) independently and in collaboration with the SCAPP Development Manager
• Manage relevant budgets for activities
• Writing of relevant reports related to role and activities delivered
• Undertake such other reasonable projects and duties as may be required by the SCAPP Development Manager and by the Steering Group

Essential Criteria

• Educated or skills and experience at SCQF 9 degree level or equivalent
• Current and demonstrable knowledge of the Scottish Widening Access and Widening Participation landscape, policy drivers, and underrepresented groups in tertiary education
• Experience of developing, negotiating and delivering professional learning experiences for a variety of different learners within the professional widening access and participation community
• Proven experience of working independently and proactively to undertake complex issues and complete tasks and projects
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong and productive effective networks and partnerships, and delivering projects in a multi-partner environment
• Experience of organising and managing events
• Excellent organisational and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to present material and information to a variety of different audiences
• Proven ability to think strategically, to prioritise effectively and to balance a demanding and varied work-load
• Confident with IT and digital platforms and software
• Willing to adopt a flexible approach to work and to travel as and when required

Desirable Criteria

• Relevant post-graduate qualification or equivalent
• Qualification and/or experience in teaching, facilitation, coaching, mentoring
• Understanding of evaluation processes in tertiary education

Behaviours and Competencies

The role holder will be required to evidence that they can meet the qualities associated with the following behavioural competencies, as detailed within the AUA Competency Framework.

Managing self and personal skills
Being aware of your own behaviour and mindful of how it impacts on others, enhancing personal skills to adapt professional practice accordingly.

Delivering excellent service
Providing the best quality service to external and internal clients. Building genuine and open long-term relationships in order to drive up service standards.

Finding solutions
Taking a holistic view and working enthusiastically to analyse problems and to develop workable solutions. Identifying opportunities for innovation.

Embracing change
Being open to and engaging with new ideas and ways of working. Adjusting to unfamiliar situations, shifting demands and changing roles.

Using resources effectively
Identifying and making the most productive use of resources including people, time, information, networks and budgets.

Engaging with the wider context
Enhancing your contribution to the organisation through an understanding of the bigger picture and showing commitment to organisational values.

Developing self and others
Showing commitment to own ongoing professional development. Supporting and encouraging others to develop their professional knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to reach their full potential.

Working together
Working collaboratively with others in order to achieve objectives. Recognising and valuing the different contributions people bring to this process.

Achieving Results
Consistently meeting agreed objectives and success criteria. Taking personal responsibility for getting things done.

About Us

SCAPP is a key pillar of Scotland’s Framework for Fair Access, established in 2019 as a result of a number of recommendations resulting from the Commission for Wider Access (CoWA) which reported in 2015. 

SCAPP aims to be a sustainable, member-led community. The membership has grown (from 86 in January 2020 to currently almost 600 and includes representation from universities, colleges, National Schools Programme, skills, voluntary, charity and public sector organisations and aims to continue to build the network to represent the diversity of interests, activities and work in which practitioners are engaged.

SCAPP delivers an important community of practice to support the development and professionalisation of a strong widening access and participation community in Scotland and embed, enhance and support effective practice in Scotland by establishing and sustaining an important pan sector community of practice for Widening Access and Widening Participation Professionals.  It allows the sharing of best practice and the policy developments that impacts our students.

SCAPP has welcomed representation and input from practitioners whose role may involve supporting widening access and participation of learners underrepresented in education in a variety of roles: providing information, advice and guidance on student choices, progression and articulation pathways, careers guidance and outreach support, evaluating and evidencing impact of access activities and interventions, etc.

SCAPP supports a number of objectives – Networking and Events, Professional Learning and Development, Evaluation and Research and Quality Standards – and is governed by a Steering Group with representation from across the university, college, National Schools Programme, school and charity sector to offer balance in terms of experience, sector representation, geographic representation and gender balance.

Further information about SCAPP can be found at www.fairaccess.scot

The University

The University of Stirling is committed to providing education with a purpose and carrying out research which has a positive impact on communities across the globe – addressing real issues, providing solutions and helping to shape society. Stirling is 4th in Scotland and 43rd in the UK for research impact, with 87% of its research having an outstanding or very considerable impact on society – and more than 80% rated either world leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021). Interdisciplinary in its approach, Stirling’s research informs its teaching curriculum and facilitates opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration between staff, students, industry partners and the wider community.

The University of Stirling is ranked among the top 30 UK universities for student satisfaction (National Student Survey) and top 10 in the UK for postgraduate student experience (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey), and has an overall five-star rating in the QS Stars University Ratings.

More than 17,000 students study with the University of Stirling globally, with over 120 nationalities represented on its scenic central Scotland campus alone. The campus – also home to 1,700 staff – has its own loch and castle, and a recent multi-million-pound redevelopment has delivered modern, flexible, and digitally connected study and social spaces at the heart of campus, including enhanced student support and retail and catering outlets.

The University has twice been recognised with a Queen's Anniversary Prize – the first for its Institute for Social Marketing and Health (2014) and the second for its Institute of Aquaculture (2019). Stirling is Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence and its recently redeveloped world-class facilities provide the perfect training environment for the University’s sports scholars – many of whom compete at the highest level, including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games – and for students, staff, and the wider community.

As a signatory to the £214 million Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal, the University is driving productivity and inclusive growth across the Forth Valley, and beyond. Through pioneering collaborative solutions to global challenges, researchers are putting innovation, skills, and partnership at the heart of a sustainable economic recovery.
www.stir.ac.uk @stiruni

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