Project Coordinator - Strategic Implementation

We are recruiting a Project Coordinator - Strategic Implementation within the Education and Workforce team at the Institute of Physics.

This position will support the Education and Workforce team in its mission to build a thriving, diverse physics teaching community and will see you working across multiple projects to help ensure that all people, no matter their background or where they live, have access to world-class physics education and training. 

What is it like working at the IOP?

The IOP is a friendly and ambitious organisation. Inclusion and diversity are central to our work and we have a ‘work anywhere’ policy to make working at the IOP as flexible as possible. Looking after our colleagues and supporting them in life and work is our priority, ensuring they can live their best lives, with competitive salaries, professional development opportunities and generous benefits.

The Role

What will I be doing?

Working for our Strategic Implementation Manager the focus will be on supporting our affiliated schools and the broader physics teaching community. These priorities could change as our work programme evolves. Initial key responsibilities of the role include:

• Providing project support and coordination for projects across the department working in tandem with the Strategic Implementation Manager.
• Contact and communications administration for our Professional Community of Teaching, including through Salesforce.
• Managing relationships with affiliated schools and supporting plans for growth.

Projects you work on may include:

• Coordinating events for teachers and other key groups. This will involve managing event bookings, liaising with event venues and event contributors, following budgets, liaising with colleagues for promotion and evaluating impact.
• Sending out regular newsletters to teachers. Working with the Managers this will require maintenance of mailing lists and the distribution of electronic newsletters.
• Collating data from our communities, including from surveys and forum discussions.
• Supporting the coordination of the IOP Teacher Awards scheme.

Who will I work with?

You will be line managed by the Strategic Implementation Manager and support the Manager Education Community in the delivery of their projects. 

Ideally, we hope you’ll apply if your skills include:

Essential Criteria

• Communication – ability to express information clearly and effectively in written and oral form, Strong customer care skills, writing and editing engaging copy, web pages, social media
• Organisational and planning – ability to work with minimum supervision, prioritise workload, high attention to detail, handle multiple tasks ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Team player – the ability to work co-operatively with others to achieve common goals

Nice to have

• Event management experience
• Website maintenance experience
• Experience using customer relationship management software, such as Salesforce.

Application

Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a cover letter stating how you meet the person specification. 

The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity. We know that not every candidate fits into a neat little box, and that's okay!

So, even if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified but you believe you’d bring passion, creativity, and a willingness to learn, we’d love to learn more about you! 

How will I be working?

The Institute of Physics is an inclusive employer and our people are at the heart of our approach to delivery. Following the impact of COVID-19, we have developed a new, innovative and exciting trust-based model of flexible working called How We Work. This empowers our staff to choose both individually and as a team how, when and where they work to deliver the goals of the organisation, acknowledging that there will be occasions where in-person meetings, collaborations and events will help generate greater impact. The How We Work initiative is based on the principles of collaboration, trust, flexibility and agility. You will be allocated a ‘base’ office which can also be a chosen place of work. 

To apply for this role please click the link below, best of luck with your application!

We recognise personal unique characteristics, should you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in your application and/or throughout the recruitment process please do not hesitate to reach out to us for support.

The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity.