Ref Number B03-02499 Professional Expertise Administration and Business Support Department UCL SLASH (B03) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £43,374 £51,860 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment Yes Closing Date 06-Jul-2025
About Us
This is an internal recruitment advert, available to eligible UCL staff only. Eligible staff will have until 06 July 2025 to be considered for the role.
For almost 200 years, UCL Laws has been one of the leading centres of legal education in the world. Our community of intellectually dynamic scholars responds to today’s global challenges, and through our research, we help to shape government policy, national and international law and its practice. At the heart of legal London, we attract the leading figures in the field to contribute to our vibrant programme of events, informing public debate and understanding of contemporary social, legal, environmental and economic issues.
The UCL Laws student body numbers around 1250 students, divided between 850 undergraduate, 350 taught graduate, and 50 graduate research students. The faculty has an academic staff of around 70 professors, lecturers and readers, as well as many visiting professors and distinguished judicial visitors. Throughout our long history, we have been committed to the values of the founders of UCL: justice, liberty and equal rights for all. As a faculty, we work together to promote these values among our staff and students, and as part of UCL, we harness the potential of cross-disciplinary research and expertise to address the world’s key problems.
The Faculty of Laws has a large and experienced professional services team, led by the Director of Operations. It is structured to provide valuable support to both our students and academic staff.
About The Role
The International LLM Programmes Officer provides support to the Dean of the University of London Postgraduate Laws Programmes in the effective and efficient operational delivery of a high-quality student-centered administrative support service. The programme is jointly provided by the Law Faculties of UCL and Queen Mary (QMUL) and offered as part of the University of London (UoL) Worldwide. The role is based at UCL, but the post holder works closely with QMUL, UoL and UCL administrators and academics.
The Dean has a central role in helping to specify the academic direction of the Programme, in developing strategies for delivering the Programme, in managing a substantial budget, in organising marketing strategies, and in liaising and co-operating with staff of the University of London Worldwide.
The programme is offered by distance learning for 2,500 students with numbers steadily increasing. It offers in excess of 60 courses and 30 specialisations. We are looking for an enthusiastic, student-centered, experienced, flexible and organised administrator to complete the programme team for QMUL and UCL.
About You
We are looking for a highly motivated, proactive and organised professional with proven experience in Higher Education, ideally in a Distance Learning environment. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of preparing and coordinating events and will be confident using databases and web content management systems, with a willingness to learn new digital tools as needed. Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional experience, you will have good numeracy skills, experience in budget management, and ideally a working knowledge of UCL’s HR and finance policies. You will also have demonstrable ability to prioritise your own workload, working independently and to tight deadlines.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to work collaboratively across professional and academic teams, exercising sound judgment to resolve problems and handling sensitive matters with tact, discretion and diplomacy.
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
This role is offered as a 12-month secondment or fixed-term contract on a full-time basis, to cover a period of maternity leave.
To apply for the vacancy please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below.
The deadline for applications is 06 July 2025. Interviews will likely take place in the week commencing 21 July 2025.
For further details about the application process please contact lawshr@ucl.ac.uk. If you wish to have a discussion about the role, please contact Rachael Theophile at r.theophile@ucl.ac.uk.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits, some of which are below: 41 Days of holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holidays, and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We, therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
Available documents
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- download: International LLM Programme Officer_JD.pdf
