Professional Liaison Network Assistant 2023

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated, and organised individual who wants to make a difference to student experience in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law.

You will be part of the Professional Liaison Network (PLN) – a friendly, supportive and enthusiastic team that run activities that connect students and staff with external partner organisations related to their academic disciplines. Activities include: placements, projects, co-produced research, mentoring and other activities such as talks and events.

What will you be doing

The role will include:

• Supporting the PLN Administrator as a primary contact for a range of PLN activities but specifically our Faculty-wide Mentoring Scheme, including administering processes and procedures, maintaining databases and responding promptly to queries.
• One of the primary points of contact for promptly responding to routine and non-routine queries and forwarding information to staff, students and external organisations.
• Administering processes and procedures, co-ordinating tasks and responsibilities to support the PLN with other engagement activities, including supporting with internal and external events e.g. mentoring events, open days and external partner talks.
• Supporting the PLN team in marketing activities, including drafting material for internal and external newsletters, websites and social media.
• Supporting the PLN team with suggesting continuous improvements to activities, processes and team work.

About you

You have

• Strong administrative skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including attention to detail
• Confident using Microsoft Office programmes (e.g. Excel) and learning to use new IT software and University systems

You are

• A team player
• Comfortable interacting with a variety of different people
• Enthusiastic about supporting students
• Excited about making a positive and proactive contribution in this fast-moving area

This is an excellent role for a candidate that wants to make an impact and develop their career at the University of Bristol.

Additional information

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on Wednesday 19th July 2023. We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential.

We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.