Job Advert

An exciting opportunity has arisen for four enthusiastic Project Assistants to work with the Collaboration Services team (part of IT Services) on the StrathApp service and other supporting systems.

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 services essential to ensuring students can make the most of their time at Strathclyde.

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 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 student voice and experience to the role/placement. Credit bearing placements can also be arranged to align with this opportunity with agreement of your department/project supervisors. The posts are offered on a part-time basis (20 hours per week). Hours are likely to be worked on a flexible basis, usually with a combination of home and campus working, in line with the University’s Agile Working Policy. Part-time hours are offered for those on international visas and/or engaged in Academic project write ups. Candidates must be UK resident and have a UK bank account and NI number.

In return, you will receive ‘on-the-job’ training, a generous holiday package and be eligible to subscribe to a variety of schemes associated with being an employee of the University including: a world-class Sport Centre; family friendly policies; and various additional incentives including a Cycle Scheme. The University also has on-site childcare and parking for which you can apply.

For further details and to apply please see the Application Procedure section of this advert. Closing date: Thursday 22st May 2025. Interviews will be held face to face on campus, week beginning 9th June 2025. Arrangements for online interview can also be made if necessary.

Brief Outline of Job

The Project Assistants will be located within the University’s IT services Collaboration Services Team, working on the StrathApp service and other supporting systems., 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 Collaboration Services team, assisting with a range of activities to inform the configuration and implementation of new StrathApp 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. They will contribute to working knowledge within the team, ensuring it is appropriately captured and shared on project spaces such as Microsoft Teams and the SharePoint project site. While these posts do not require software development expertise the team are interested in applications form candidates with knowledge of Flutter (open-source UI software development kit) and Dart (the programming language used to code in Flutter).

The appointees will be expected to fit into the existing Collaboration Services 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 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
4. Research, analyse and present data from database and information systems, in a user-friendly format to the team and other stakeholders as required. Contributing to development specifications where appropriate.
5. Attend regular team 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. To comply with departmental data protection and cyber security standards including undertaking any specific training and self-assessments.
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
11. To ensure that staff under their supervision undertake their duties in line with departmental safety, health and wellbeing arrangements including any specific training, and to undertake suitable and sufficient risk assessments for staff under their supervision when required

Person Specification

Educational and/or Professional Qualifications

Experience

Job Related Skills and Achievements

Personal Attributes

Other Relevant Factors

Formal interviews for this post will be held week beginning Monday, 9 June 2025.
The University is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled candidates who meet all the essential criteria for the post that they are applying for.