Are you passionate about supporting businesses and communities to succeed?

Do you enjoy the challenge of delivering a portfolio of high-quality events and training programmes?

If so, come and join the Business Fit for Future team. We are a consortium between the University of Bath, The Future Smiths, and techSPARK to deliver programmes supporting rural businesses and communities, and supporting start-up businesses on behalf of Wilshire Council, funded by UKSPF.

About the role

The Senior Programme Coordinator will manage the programmes and activities for 2 programmes which provide business support for both the Rural Hubs and Start-Up business communities within Wiltshire. 

In this key role for the project, you will:

• manage and coordinate events, workshops and all other member activities, working towards agreed KPI and success outputs, and being the key point of liaison with partners in the consortium, University of Bath departments, all external stakeholders, and other external collaborators working on the delivery of these events, workshops, and activities
• maximize leads and opportunities, ensuring all leads are followed up
• diagnose each application and lead received. As the initial point of contact, it's essential to assess each applicant to ensure they are directed to the appropriate programme or referred to other local support services.

You should also demonstrate:

• successful experience in working with different stakeholders including partner organisations and funders 
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• experience of working with early-stage or start-up support projects
• excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• experience with collecting data and evidence for compliance on funded projects e.g. ERDF 
• the ability to work independently 
• experience in creating reports for similar projects

Further information

This is a full-time role working 36.5 hours per week, for a fixed-term period expected to be until March 2025.

For any informal enquiries please email Andrea Kelly, SETsquared Centre Manager at ak2709@bath.ac.uk

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.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a 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 the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

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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