School of Medicine,
Salary: £27,924 - £33,309 per annum, pro rata,
Hours of work: Up to 27.36 hours per week,
Fixed Term: 3 years,
Start: As soon as possible
The School of Medicine is looking to recruit a Medical
Widening Participation Officer. This post is split into two distinct roles: one
fulfilling the operational and strategic duties of developing and delivering
activities and events to support the recruitment and conversion of students
from access backgrounds (approximately 0.5FTE of the post).
This will involve supporting the Medical
Admissions team to recruit applicants from underrepresented and disadvantaged
backgrounds to our BSc (Hons) Medicine and Gateway to Medicine programmes, including
coordination and delivery of access and participation related activities within
the School and the local community. As part of the team, you will also be part
of the decision-making process for incoming undergraduate students.
The successful candidate will be able to
demonstrate knowledge of widening access and participation, and previous
experience of admissions processes and working with school-aged young people.
The other primary role of this post
(approximately 0.25FTE of the post) will include taking a lead in conducting
research into the impact of the current contextual admissions policies on
academic attainment and progression of medical students from underrepresented
and disadvantaged backgrounds. This work will be supervised by a number of
staff within the School.
The successful candidate will be able to
demonstrate knowledge of contextualised admissions policies, and experience of
research skills and reporting.
This is a part-time position on a fixed term contract of 3 years. Applications
are welcome from those considering the full 0.75FTE (covering both post roles
outlined above). Job shares will also be considered if individuals are interested
in either of the individual 0.5FTE or 0.25FTE roles respectively.
Further information and informal enquiries may
be directed to Pamela Dobson, email: pamela.dobson@st-andrews.ac.uk,
or Clive Masson, email: dcm10@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Applications are particularly welcome from people from the Black, Asian
and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who
are under-represented in professional posts at the University.
Equality, diversity
and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience. We strive to create a fair and inclusive
culture demonstrated through our commitment to diversity awards (Athena Swan,
Carer Positive, LGBT Charter, Race Charters and Stonewall). We celebrate
diversity by promoting profiles of BAME, LGBTIQ+ staff and supporting networks
including the Staff BAME Network; Staff with Disabilities Network; Staff
LGBTIQ+ Network; and the Staff Parents & Carers Network. Full details available online: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/
In accordance with the new immigration rules, it is with regret that
this role does not meet the current suitability requirements set by the UKVI to
enable sponsorship of migrant workers. The University encourages
all interested candidates to apply regardless of nationality and all applications received are assessed against the essential
and desirable criteria listed in the further particulars. The
successful candidate will have to demonstrate their right to work in the UK
prior to commencing employment and where required, obtain the right to work in
the UK without relying on University sponsorship. Information on other
visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa
or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Interviews will be held on 15 August 2022
Please quote ref: AD2536MR
Closing Date: 1 August 2022
Further Particulars: AD2536MR FPs.doc
School of Medicine
Salary: £27,924 - £33,309 per annum, pro rata
Hours of work: Up to 27.36 hours per week
Fixed Term: 3 years
Start: As soon as possible