£32,320 - £44,440 pro rata
One year renewable fixed term contract or potential secondment opportunity subject to funding
Part-time: 21 hours per week

Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) supports the UK higher education sector to promote equality and diversity for staff and students. 

We wish to appoint a part-time (0.6 FTE) Coordinator to coordinate, deliver and continue to develop the Athena SWAN Charter. The Athena SWAN Charter is a recognition scheme for UK universities and their science, engineering and technology (SET) departments. It aims to assist the recruitment, retention and progression of women in SET. The Charter is co-funded and managed by the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (UKRC) and ECU.

The coordinator's responsibilities will include:

• promoting the Charter and its benefits to higher education institutions;
• organising the annual Charter workshops;
• coordinating the annual Charter awards process and event;
• ensuring the sustainability of the Charter and securing its long-term future;
• coordinating research into Impact and outcomes relating to Athena SWAN.

We are looking for applicants with experience of report writing and project management and a good knowledge of the higher education sector and equality issues.  Candidates will be able to work effectively across a range of organisations, have an understanding of the issues that are relevant to women in SET in universities and have experience of awards or quality marking schemes.

More information about the Athena SWAN Charter and its funders can be found at:
www.athenaswan.org.uk
www.ukrc4setwomen.org
www.ecu.ac.uk

Benefits include 25 days holiday per year, plus Bank Holidays plus 6 additional days and flexi-time.

Please access further details and information on how to apply from www.athenaswan.org.uk/html/athena-swan/about-the-charter/working-for-us/
email: athenaswan@ecu.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7438 1010 (24-hour answerphone).
Closing date: Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 12 noon. Interviews will be held in London on Tuesday 9 March 2010.

ECU values diversity and promotes equality. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society.

ECU is funded by Universities UK, GuildHE, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland. The Scottish Funding Council also funds ECU to work in collaboration with the higher education sector in Scotland.

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