Programme Manager (Disagreeing Well)

You enjoy complexity, have a keen eye for detail and can keep sight of the bigger picture. You will bring:

• demonstrated expertise in supporting programme governance, including forward planning, risk registers, action trackers, high-quality papers and accurate minutes
• a proactive approach to your work: you anticipate needs rather than waiting for instructions, keep a constant record of actions and deadlines, flag what is outstanding and what requires the Chair's input, and brief senior colleagues early on forthcoming issues, decisions and deadlines
• a track record of supporting a senior leader, managing competing priorities with calm
• success in delivering cross-institutional projects within a matrix structure, and in establishing new systems and processes
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the discretion to handle sensitive matters
• a genuine interest in constructive disagreement and public discourse, and in how a university is run at senior level

In this role you will make sure governance runs smoothly, activity is tracked and reported, and the Chair and Board are always well briefed. You will be the person who knows what is happening, what needs doing and what is coming next, and who makes sure the Chair knows it too, in good time.

• Closing date: 18 November 2026 at 23:59 GMT (applications may close early if volumes are high, so early submission is recommended).
• Recruitment process: 1) stage one: online task assignment (75-90mins) w/c 26 November; 2) stage two: if successful interviews between 3rd and 17th December (60mins)
• The job description and person specification are at the bottom of the advert. Please address each criterion in your statement in support of your application, with examples.
• Queries about the role: [trosini@ucl.ac.uk]
• Queries about the process, accessibility or reasonable adjustments: [khalifa@ucl.ac.uk]
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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/

As Programme Manager, you will provide high-level programme management and executive support to Dame Hazel as Chair of the Disagreeing Well Programme Board, covering governance and secretariat, delivery, risk and budget management, stakeholder engagement, and briefings that inform decisions at the highest level. You will work with real independence and trust across a matrix of academic leads and senior stakeholders, building the programme's infrastructure and evidence of impact and helping shape its next phase as part of the UCL200 legacy. Some weeks will be fast and demanding, others slower as longer-term initiatives develop, and you will enjoy both. This is a part-time (0.5 FTE) post, based at our Bloomsbury campus in London with some remote working.