FOCUS West Development Worker (655817)

Salary range:  £25,742-£28,759

FTE:  1.0 (35 hours per week)

Term:  Fixed (until 31st July 2025, thereafter subject to renewed funding)

Closing date:  18 October 2024

FOCUS West seeks a talented Development Worker, who will be responsible for developing and delivering interactive activities and materials in schools and related community contexts in the FOCUS West Programme, which has the aim of widening access to higher education (HE) for young people in the west of Scotland. This programme seeks candidates with a good knowledge of west of Scotland schools and widening access to higher education in Scotland. FOCUS West delivers the Schools for Higher Education Programme in the west of Scotland, on behalf of the National Schools Programme, which is funded by the Scottish Funding Council and which raises aspirations to higher education for relevant pupils in all local authority schools in the region.

The postholder will be required to develop a grass-roots knowledge of existing work to widen access to HE in the west of Scotland, work closely and collegiately with existing programmes and assist the FOCUS West Director in the delivery of a programme of relevant activity aimed towards developing sustainable practice in widening access to, and participation in, higher education.

This role, which involves regular travel to west of Scotland schools, provides an exciting opportunity for suitable candidates to contribute to the enhancement of widening access to HE. Applicants should also ensure they are able to deliver activity remotely, if required, using appropriately agreed IT tools, and supporting the development and promotion of the programme’s FOCUS Point website.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 6 November 2024.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Bernadette Sanderson, Director, FOCUS West Programme at bernadette.sanderson@strath.ac.uk