Future Quest Project Co-ordinator (Schools)
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,610 to £38,784 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University West of England |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | R08976 |
Summary
UWE Bristol are one of the largest universities in the South West and one of the largest employers in the Bristol region.
Future Quest is a collaborative outreach programme delivering exciting activities to young people in Bristol schools and colleges. The project aims to increase participation in Higher Education by helping young people gain new skills and confidence and by increasing their understanding of Higher Education and higher skilled employment.
As a Future Quest Project co-ordinator for Schools you will help us to realise this ambition, through the design, coordination and delivery of a portfolio of targeted and progressive activities, designed to equip potential students with knowledge of higher education and potential pathways and to support their progression, self-awareness and self-belief.
You will be confident and dedicated to working with young people to enthuse and inspire. You may have some specialist knowledge in an educational area or be able to bring knowledge and expertise of another area that would bring interesting and new perspectives to the work, you will also work well in a team.
You’re someone who can deliver activities as well as coordinate them. You will visit schools and colleges to deliver engaging activities, proactively plan a calendar of activities with schools and colleges, manage enquiries and shape provision to meet demand, undertake and allocate administrative tasks.
About you:
You’re someone who:
Can develop and deliver engaging activities to young people, via online platforms and in face-to-face contexts
Can proactively administrate for an activity schedule that would achieve the team’s goals
Can build excellent relationships in schools and colleges
Has excellent team working and interpersonal skills
You will also be available to work flexibly out of hours (evenings and weekends) to support events and activities within the team, e.g. open days, taster days, student conferences, campus visits, recruitment fairs, Confirmation and Clearing etc.
Please see the attached job description for more information about this role.
Why UWE Bristol?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Stacey Giles, Head of Widening Access and Collaborative Outreach Projects, on 0117 328 7284 or Stacey.Giles@uwe.ac.uk or Jenny Street, Future Quest Project Manager – Schools on 0117 328 1139 or jenny2.street@uwe.ac.uk
This is a part-time, fixed-term post until 31 July 2026, working 15 hours per week.
This post is not available on a job share basis.
This role is campus based with the opportunity to work from home.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
Future Quest is a collaborative outreach programme delivering exciting activities to young people in Bristol schools and colleges. The project aims to increase participation in Higher Education by helping young people gain new skills and confidence and by increasing their understanding of Higher Education and higher skilled employment.
As a Future Quest Project co-ordinator for Schools you will help us to realise this ambition, through the design, coordination and delivery of a portfolio of targeted and progressive activities, designed to equip potential students with knowledge of higher education and potential pathways and to support their progression, self-awareness and self-belief.
You will be confident and dedicated to working with young people to enthuse and inspire. You may have some specialist knowledge in an educational area or be able to bring knowledge and expertise of another area that would bring interesting and new perspectives to the work, you will also work well in a team.
You’re someone who can deliver activities as well as coordinate them. You will visit schools and colleges to deliver engaging activities, proactively plan a calendar of activities with schools and colleges, manage enquiries and shape provision to meet demand, undertake and allocate administrative tasks.
About you:
You’re someone who:
Can develop and deliver engaging activities to young people, via online platforms and in face-to-face contexts
Can proactively administrate for an activity schedule that would achieve the team’s goals
Can build excellent relationships in schools and colleges
Has excellent team working and interpersonal skills
You will also be available to work flexibly out of hours (evenings and weekends) to support events and activities within the team, e.g. open days, taster days, student conferences, campus visits, recruitment fairs, Confirmation and Clearing etc.
Please see the attached job description for more information about this role.
Why UWE Bristol?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Stacey Giles, Head of Widening Access and Collaborative Outreach Projects, on 0117 328 7284 or Stacey.Giles@uwe.ac.uk or Jenny Street, Future Quest Project Manager – Schools on 0117 328 1139 or jenny2.street@uwe.ac.uk
This is a part-time, fixed-term post until 31 July 2026, working 15 hours per week.
This post is not available on a job share basis.
This role is campus based with the opportunity to work from home.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.