Project Coordinator - Education Outreach

The Role

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join the Library Education Outreach team, and to play a pivotal role in delivering an innovative and impactful National Lottery Heritage Fund funded project entitled Hope: Learning from Nature. The project will celebrate the natural heritage of the North East through a creative lens, delivering 3 projects to local secondary schools based around different themes of celebrating and protecting our natural heritage. You will help in planning and implementing a Festival of Hope, showcasing the students work from the projects, hosted by our project partner, the National Trust, at Wallington.

We are looking for a someone keen to expand their experience of outreach work with schools, with an interest in natural heritage and climate. Communication and organisational skills will be key to the success of this role, which offers excellent opportunities to further develop teaching, project management and administrative skills.

A full driving license would be beneficial for this role as meetings and delivery of the project will occur in various venues across the North East.

A DBS check will be required of the successful applicant.

This post is a fixed term contract until 31 December 2027.

This role is suitable for blended working with a minimum of 60% (3 days) to be worked on campus.

Please see Schools & Education Outreach | University Library | Newcastle University for more information about Newcastle University Library Education Outreach.

Please contact Sara Bird (sara.bird@ncl.ac.uk) to find out more specific detail about the project and the role.

Key Accountabilities

• To work with the project lead to develop and deliver a plan of work for Hope with input from key stakeholders
• To support the project lead in the creation of a cross-sector multi-disciplinary network who will form an Advisory Group for Hope
• To co-ordinate the presentation and dissemination of regular update reports, tailored to suit a range of audiences
• To act as the main administrative contact for the Hope project
• To work with the project lead and the appointed project evaluator to agree an evaluation plan and to support the evaluator in evidence collection and the creation of an evaluation and impact report
• To work with a range of colleagues to design and deliver promotional materials for the project, to include resources in a range of formats, both print and multi-media
• To engage effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders, identifying opportunities and, where appropriate, to work with the project lead to prepare and deliver presentations to raise awareness of Hope and its outputs
• Any other duties within the scope and general nature of the grade which may be required