Academic Governance Manager R07181
About this role: The Academic Governance Manager provides specialist professional support for the delivery and continuous improvement of the University’s academic governance activities and plays a key role in ensuring decision-making is effective and well-informed. As Academic Governance Manager, you will support a portfolio of senior committees yourself, including our Academic Board. You’ll also advise a wider network of committee secretaries and officers across the University, setting and maintaining service standards, developing and delivering training, and being on hand to provide guidance and support as needed.
You’ll work regularly with colleagues at the most senior levels of the University, preparing briefings on relevant external policy developments, and leading continuous improvement projects to drive good academic governance practice across the institution. As a key member of the Academic Registrar’s team, you will also contribute your knowledge and expertise to wider developments across Student and Academic Services and beyond.
This is an exciting time to be joining UWE Bristol: our Strategy 2030 sets out an ambitious programme of significant transformational projects to enhance the student experience, power the future workforce, support local economic prosperity, shape the health and sustainability of our communities and create solutions to global challenges. As Academic Governance Manager you will play an important role in supporting effective decision-making and oversight of this work. You will join a friendly, welcoming, and dedicated team, committed to sustaining strong working relationships across the University and beyond.
About you: You are highly organised and meticulous, with a commitment to delivering excellent services. You combine excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage knowledgeably and credibly with a wide range of colleagues, including those in senior roles. You have experience of supporting committees or similar formal groups and are keen to develop your skills further. Politically aware, you are genuinely interested in how government policy emerges and evolves. Even if you’ve never worked in a university before, you have the analytical skills to be able to make sense of what’s happening in the political sphere and what it might mean for UWE Bristol. Collaborative and innovative, you care about what universities do and want to be part of it.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic and male candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Heather Moyes on 0117 328 7125 or email: heather.moyes@uwe.ac.uk
Interviews are scheduled to take place Friday 10 May 2024.
This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part-time.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based at least 60% of your time, with the opportunity to work from home by arrangement with the line manager and subject to the requirements and priorities of the role.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Advice to applicants
We’d love to hear from you – if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, and include specific examples wherever possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.
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