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The activities and events manager is responsible for the development of events and activities to support community-building and social cohesion amongst University of East London students. Working with the elected activities and opportunities officer and with support from the activities and events co-ordinator, the person will establish a programme of student-led events and society activities.

You will also be leading work to establish how we can increase our reach amongst students who tend to not participate in our activities at a strategic level with support from colleagues. We are looking for someone who is excited to pilot new ideas and approaches that best suit our diverse student base, which might not fit in a traditional students’ union. This will include working with colleagues to develop training and leadership development programmes appropriate to our students.

The candidate will have a strong events background, good leadership skills and a drive to source solutions to problems.

• Full-time: 37.5 hours
• Duration: Fixed term contract to 28 February 2022
• Location: Melbourne, Australia 
• Salary: AUS$50,490 plus 9.5% super
• Closing date: 09.00 am UK time, 1 June 2020
• Interviews: w/c 8 June 2020

We are seeking a hardworking Programme Support Assistant to support our Melbourne branch office. We require an organised individual who has strong administration skills and is able to work on their own initiative. You should have excellent problem-solving skills and work well as part of a team. It is essential that applicants for this role have the right to work in Australia.

Job purpose

We are headquartered in London, with a branch office in Melbourne. The Programme Support Assistant role is part of a programme support team of five, supporting both the operational needs of the Melbourne branch office and programme support needs of the different South East Asia and the Pacific programme teams (i.e. the Philippines, PNG, Climate Change and Pacific programme teams). The role will be focused on both supporting branch office operational needs (e.g. office and human resource administration), along with administrative and logistical support necessary for the implementation of the South East Asia and Pacific (SEAP) programme. 

As this is a wide-ranging role, the post holder is not expected to be an expert on all the relevant areas. Expertise in one area, with a willingness to develop knowledge and skills in the other areas is very welcome. 

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience of working in an administrative and support position to a team.
• Experience of financial administration including processing finance reports, receipts or invoices. 
• High Level of attention to detail
• Experience of supporting the organisation of events, including providing logistical support to participants from overseas. 
• Experience of working with databases, handling diverse sources of information and maintaining filing systems.
• Experience of liaising with external partners and service providers.
• Excellent verbal and written English
• Ability to summarise and convey information accurately and concisely.
• Willingness to work irregular hours occasionally and to undertake occasional international travel.
• Commitment to, and experience of, team and cross-organisational working.
• Appreciation of issues of confidentiality, and cross-cultural and political sensitivity.
• Initiative, enthusiasm and a problem-solving approach to new challenges.
• Good computer and IT skills, including experience working with Microsoft Office software packages, databases, email and the internet.

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

• Interest in peacebuilding and conflict transformation processes. 
• Experience of undertaking supervised research work.
• Experience performing basic IT administration
• Experience in fundraising in the non-government sector
• Experience of drafting and maintaining organisation policy documents 

Senior Engineer

£31,058 per annum

(plus a recruitment & retention allowance of £3,993pa)

(Ref:  SUS2891)

37.5 hours per week - based within England, South

Sustrans is looking for a Senior Engineer, who is passionate about sustainability, to help design and deliver outstanding cycling and walking infrastructure schemes to enable us to achieve our vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You will help develop and improve the National Cycle Network (NCN) through our “Paths for Everyone” work and partner with a range of stakeholders as we seek to upgrade the NCN into high quality traffic free or quiet back road routes.  “Liveable Towns and Cities” is another of our core priorities and will see you working on projects such as conceptual cycle super-highways, working hand in hand with local communities reshaping their streets and, alongside local authorities, unlocking the wider road network to encourage greater active travel.

We are looking for Engineers with strong highways background and a flair for delivering high quality infrastructure design. Engineers who can demonstrate a strong track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders and as technical experts within multi-disciplinary teams. In return we can support you to develop new skills and give you the freedom to express yourself creatively. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small team where you can make a big impact and where we value the contribution and expertise of everyone.

We look forward to receiving your application.  Closing date for completed applications is 9am on Monday 8 June 2020.  Interviews will be held over Skype / Zoom on Wednesday 17 or Thursday 18 June 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.