£12.21 per hour plus £1.47 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
30 Oct 2025

Role & Department Overview

The Widening Participation (WP) team are looking for a current LU student to provide short-term administrative support for the Lancaster Access Programme. 

The Lancaster Access Programme is a widening access scheme for Year 12 and 13 students from widening participation backgrounds. The programme gives prospective students access to a range of activities, designed to introduce them to university, experience campus life and prepare them for future study. 
For more information about the Lancaster Access Programme, please visit the LU website: www.lancaster.ac.uk/schools-and-colleges/lap  

Please note: You must be available on either a Tuesday or a Wednesday each week, the role is based on campus from w/c 10/11/2025 – w/c 22/12/2025 (number of hours to be agreed on appointment). 
Diversity and lived experience 
The Widening Participation (WP) team promotes equality of opportunity within higher education, and we welcome applications from students from diverse backgrounds.
 

Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour plus £1.47 holiday pay

Start Date: 10th November 2025

End Date: 22nd December 2025

Location: On campus

Working Pattern: Varied

Job Description

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

1. To work with the WP Project Lead to provide effective administration support i.e. processing Lancaster Access Programme applications and sending out decision confirmations. 
2. To monitor the Lancaster Access Programme mailbox and respond to enquiries. 
3. To support pre-event preparation (Lancaster Access Programme Launch Event). 
4. To mark LAP student submissions and award associated credits. 
5. To write engaging copy for the monthly LAP newsletter. 

Other
6. To complete designated training. 
7. To undertake duties in accordance with university policy relating to GDPR, safeguarding, health/safety and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Person Specification

  • Previous experience of administration tasks and close attention to detail. Essential
  • Previous experience of providing high-quality customer service and handling external enquires. Essential 
  • Highly organised and proven ability to prioritise tasks, working both independently and collaboratively to achieve outcomes by an agreed deadline.  Essential
  • Excellent communication skills (both interpersonal and written). Essential
  • Reliable, committed and punctual. Essential
  • Awareness of safeguarding when working with young people and the parameters of confidentiality.  Desirable

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Organisation
  • Flexibility

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.

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