Professional services

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Kati Massey

Departmental Manager

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 7690 (ext: ​37690)
• E: k.massey@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 215

Alex Craven

Deputy Departmental Manager - Projects (secondment)

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 7009 (ext: ​37009)
• E: a.craven@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 215

Duncan Paton

SENIOR Staffing Officer

• T: +44 (0)20 3108 4079 (ext: 54079)
• E: duncan.paton@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 217

Key responsibilities 

• Provide a comprehensive and effective HR service, facilitating smooth staffing management to all levels of staff within the department
• Provide advice to managers and academic staff on all aspects of UCL HR policies and procedures
• Manage the recruitment process, and the raising of contracts, changes to appointments and end of contracts 
• Provide advice and guidance to recruiting managers and newly appointed staff on establishing and demonstrating the right to work in the UK
• Assist in the identification of staff development/ training needs, and the implementation of staff development activities for all staff 

Mark Fairweather

Departmental Administrator 

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 2740 (ext: 32740)
• E: mark.fairweather@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 216
   

Key responsibilities 

• Manage the administration of teaching & learning for the entire lifecycle of UG and PGT taught students (includes admissions, induction, course choices, exams and progression).
• Teaching & Learning support for PGT students’ lifecycle (MSc in Civil Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, Geospatial Sciences, Spatio-temporal Analytics & Big Data, Urban Rail, Banking & Digital Finance)
• Secretary MSc Exam Board 
• Manage the administration of teaching & recruitment for Liftech 

Ewa Kedzierska

senior undergraduate teaching and learning administrator 

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 2710 (ext: 32710)
• E: e.kedzierska@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 216

Key responsibilities

• Teaching & Learning support for UG students lifecycle, including timetabling, induction, coursework submission, engagement monitoring, student records and student communication 
• Teaching & Learning support for the Graduate Diploma in Civil Engineering 
• Administration for the Constructionarium field trip  
• Exam Liaison Officer for UG programmes
• Special examination arrangements  

Alasdair Tatam

senior research officer

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 1589 ​(ext: 31589)
• E: a.tatam@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 217

Key responsibilities 

• Research grant applications, awards and management  
• Worktribe costings and approvals  
• Supporting the Director for Research in developing research activities  
• Supporting the Director for Enterprise in developing Enterprise activities  

Rebecca Di Corpo

UKCRIC Coordination Node Manager

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 0408 ​(ext: 30408)
• E: r.dicorpo@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 119

Kasia Ladds

UKCRIC Communications & marketing manager 

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 0408 ​(ext: 30408)
• E: k.ladds@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 119

Pavlina Pyari

Degree Programmes Administrator

• T: +44 (0)20 3108 4046 (ext: 54046​)
• E: p.pyari@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 216

Key responsibilities

• Teaching & Learning support for USAR MRes, MSc Transport and IDP students lifecycle including admissions, timetabling, induction, student records and student communication.
• Engagement monitoring 
• Administration of Lampeter field trip
• USAR Exam Liaison Officer 
• Extenuating circumstances 

Front Office Administration

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 7224 ​(ext: 37224)
• E: ​s.adesanya@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: G03

Key responsibilities

• Overseeing resources within the department
• Overseeing departmental events and catering 
• Contact for departmental visitors
•  Overseeing departmental desks and keys allocation
• Departmental procurement and financial processing – purchase orders, sales and purchase invoices
• Authorised signatory for PO's group 1

Martyna Rozej

teaching & learning administrator

• T: ​+44 (0)20 7679 1586 (ext: 31586)
• E: ​m.rozej@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: G03

Key responsibilities 

•    T&L support: coursework tracking, PoE 
•    UG Admissions 
•    PA to Brian Collins 

Julija Melesko

Senior Finance Administrator

• T: +44 (0)20 3108 4111 (ext: 54111)
• E: j.melesko@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 217
   

Key responsibilities 

• Purchase orders, sales and purchase invoices, expense claims, internal transfers (IDT) and journals (IDJ)
• Authorised signatory for POs up to £25,000 and all expense claims up to £2,500 
• Axiom transactions reports and general finance queries 
• Budgeting and forecasts for OpEx and OpInc
• CEGE Chart of Accounts including setting up new projects for Core and Other activities

IT Support

Information Technology

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 2704 (ext: 32704)
• E: cege-it-support@ucl.ac.uk 
• Office: Room 112

Emma Whitney                           

senior comms officer 

• T: ​+44 (0)20 7679 2711 (ext: 32711)
• E: cege-communications@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 217
   

Key responsibilities 

• Communications and Marketing provision for the Department, including social media, news content creation and its distribution
• Website maintenance and development
• Organisation / delivery of events and activities
• Alumni engagement
• GDPR, copyright and CMA compliance advice

Janette Yacoub

PA to head of department Prof. Jose torero

PA to prof. Nick Tyler

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 2700 (ext: 32700)
• E: janette.yacoub@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 217

Key responsibilities 

• Secretary for Health, Environment and Safety Committee
• Secretary for CTS Academic Staff Committee
• Coordination of individual and group visits to Pamela Lab

Cerine Yudin

IT Administrator

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 7819 (ext: 37819)
• E:c.yudin@ucl.ac.uk   
• Office: ​Room 112

Key responsibilities 

• Full support of Departmental IT systems and resources (IT equipment and software procurement and customisation, local network and firewall administration, user desktop support, etc.)  
• Back-up support of centrally-provided IT resources (email, printers, teaching clusters, research computing, etc.)

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Leslie Ansdell

Teaching and R&D technician

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 2702 (ext: 32702/32694)
• E: l.ansdell@ucl.ac.uk 
• Office: Room B07/B09

Dr Derrick Boampong

PAMELA Laboratory Manager

• T: +44 20 7281 2976
• E: derrick.boampong@ucl.ac.uk 
• Office: PAMELA

Ben Boorman

workshop / laboratory support Technician

• T: +44 (0)20 7679 2702 (ext: 32702)
• E: b.boorman@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room B07

Dr Melisa Canales

Environmental Laboratory Technician/ Departmental Biological Safety Officer

• T: +44 (0)20 3108 4048 (ext: 54048)
• E: e.canales@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room 222

Warren Gaynor

Deputy Technical Resources Manager

• T: +44 (0)20 3108 1321 (ext: 51321)
• E: w.gaynor@ucl.ac.uk
• Office: Room B13

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