The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological university, with a worldwide student population, and it is committed to providing a first-class experience to its students. Our students expect to be able to use their own devices, and to have a consistent user experience and seamless user journey. It is now accepted that most students will have a smart phone when they join the University, making the continued provision of a comprehensive and accessible app development service essential to ensuring students can make the most of their time at Strathclyde An exciting opportunity has arisen for four enthusiastic Project Assistants to work with the Collaboration Services team (part of IT Services) on the Mobile App Development Enhancement and Upgrade Project. This project will strengthen the University’s Mobile development service by upgrading the Strathclyde Mobile App full stack and enhancing integrations with existing systems and tools. It will revolutionise ‘just in time’ communications for students and provide enhanced capabilities for timetabling, room & resource booking, library services and Strath Union for the benefit of all students and staff. Our development model, with student placements in the team, utilises direct collaboration and co-creation with our student users. It is innovative and inspiring for staff, academics, and students alike, ensuring delivery of a service that is genuinely ‘For Students, By Students’. We need you to make our project a success and ensure we deliver services that reflect our Student Voice. As such all students from all backgrounds have a role to play, so while this position would suit a student with an IT career in mind or an aptitude for data analytics or management science – we are also interested to hear from students with marketing and communications experience and innovative ideas about how technology and App developments can help enhance our student experience here at Strathclyde. 

Main Activities and Responsibilities below are indicative and there is a degree of flexibility to allow you to bring your own voice and experience to the role/placement. Credit bearing placements can also be arranged with agreement of your department/project supervisors. Part-time hours can also be considered for a longer duration for those engaged in Academic project write ups. Candidates must be UK resident and have a UK bank account and NI number. For further details and to apply please send a CV and short letter of application to is-interviews@strath.ac.uk. Closing date: Friday 26th May 12 noon 2022. Interviews will be held on the 31st May (PM) 2022 via Zoom.

Job Description 

Brief Outline of Job: 

The Project Assistants will be located within the IS Collaboration Services Team, working with the Unified Timetabling and Resource Booking project team, in line with the existing governance of the Information Services Directorate (www.strath.ac.uk/is/) The posts will be part of the Administrative and Professional staff category, at a Grade PR04, reporting to the Collaboration Services Manager. The post holders will work alongside the Mobile App Development Enhancement and Upgrade project team, assisting with a range of activities to inform the configuration and implementation of new App services for students and staff. They will support requirements gathering workshops and collaboration activities, perform data analysis tasks, and participate in creating high quality marketing and training materials for the new resource booking system. They will contribute to working knowledge within the team, ensuring it is appropriately captured and shared on shared project spaces such as Microsoft Teams and the SharePoint project site. The appointees will be expected to fit into the existing Collaboration Services and project team relatively quickly to ensure agile delivery timescales are adhered to. Main Activities/Responsibilities: 1. Support workshops for prioritising system requirements in line with “Voice of the Customer” 2. Develop an understanding of the wide range of project stakeholders and build appropriate relationships to support the delivery of the project 3. Participate in the creation of high-quality standalone marketing and training materials designed to support adoption of the new system and the transition to business as usual 4. Research, analyse and present data from database and information systems, in a user-friendly format to the project team and other stakeholders as required 5. Attend regular project meetings in line with Agile Development and Planning approaches in order to contribute to working knowledge within the team 6. Contribute to reporting, error logging and workflow audit using shared team spaces such as Teams and SharePoint 7. Maintain an awareness of timescales and prioritise tasks accordingly to meet deadlines 8. Work independently, seeking support when required 9. Undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the post and grade 10. To undertake duties in line with departmental safety, health, and wellbeing arrangements and to attend appropriate safety, health and wellbeing training associated with your respective area of work activity