Newcastle University Hiring for Education Manager (Accreditation & Educational Reform) Job at Newcastle upon Tyne, England Full Time

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Salary: £42,149 – £44,706 (with progression to £50,296)

Closing Date: 16th December 2021

The Role

The School of Engineering is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Education Manager (Accreditation and Educational Reform) to join its Education team. This is an exciting and challenging role, responsible for the development and implementation of School strategy on all educational reform activities, including oversight and management of professional accreditations.

You will work in partnership with key colleagues of the Faculty and School Executive Board, project managing curriculum/programme review and accreditation activities, taking into account industry and professional body opportunities and expectations, student experience, quality assurance and existing education processes and procedures in the School. You will be a key member of the School Education community, working closely with other Education managers and teams, sharing good practice and supporting consistent approaches.

You will be a proactive, innovative and highly organised individual, with evidence of successful development and implementation of policy, procedure and change processes. You will have a strong commitment to sharing best practice in a culture of continuous improvement, in addition to excellent interpersonal skills. You will have demonstrable experience of building effective working relationships with academic and professional service stakeholders and senior management. You will be a graduate (or equivalent) with significant experience of working in an education environment, with a thorough knowledge and understanding of quality assurance and enhancement standards and practice in Higher Education institutions.

We are committed to building and maintaining a fair and inclusive working environment. The position is available immediately and is offered on a full-time basis and we would be happy to discuss arrangements for flexible working. The University has adopted a blended working practice to include working from home as well as on campus.

For all informal enquiries, please contact Yvonne Huebner, Deputy School Manager (Education) via email: [email protected]

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To work in partnership with key members of Faculty and School Executive Boards on the development and implementation of School academic vision and strategy, by leading on and project managing all educational reform activity across the School. To ensure the Schools commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is embedded in decision making processes and reflected in plans. To be responsible for the development, delivery and embedding of procedures and plans in change management to enable informed decision making in the School’s strategic planning process. This will include, but is not limited to, people planning, infrastructure planning, programmes, teaching content and methods of delivery.

To develop, lead, manage, implement and deliver project plans, taking responsibility for a number of major work strands at any one time and planning over the short, medium and longer term. To plan and schedule timelines in consultation with all stakeholders and, where necessary, broker solutions to keep the project to time and cost.

To offer high level support and coordination to meetings, managing any budgets and follow up actions and ensuring excellent communication with appropriate teams and individuals. To work proactively with all accrediting bodies, ensuring an excellent working relationship is established and sustained, and that we maintain current knowledge to respond to allof the evolving accreditation criteria. Contributing to current thinking and new developments within accreditation networks and peer institutions, both nationally and internationally so that the School is at the forefront of knowledge exchange. To provide high levels of expertise and work closely with academic colleagues leading on accreditation. To be responsible for establishing, developing and maintaining all management processes for co-ordinating the various accreditation activities in the School. To manage the compilation of the School’s accreditation reports including collecting and interpreting various large, complex datasets. Making recommendations for accreditations/re-accreditations as appropriate and highlighting any issues and areas of concern to School Executive Board. Monitoring the actions from reports with responsibility for ensuring that actions are carried out and reported via the appropriate reporting mechanism e.g. SEB, Boards of studies To carry out other duties, as defined by line manager, which support the successful achievement of School vision and strategy

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of the Higher Education sector, certainly including education policies and processes but ideally including experience of managing accreditation processes

Has the ability to see the “big picture”, to think strategically and to manage complex problems and issues

Proven ability to establish, review and monitor data/administrative systems, including those for tracking targets and managing performance feedback

Excellent communication skills, including analytical report writing, with the ability to tailor communication style to the audience

Critical thinking and active problem solving skills

Excellent planning and organising

Must have excellent influencing and conflict management skills to facilitate changes in behaviour and direction at both a strategic and operational level

Has proven ability in using initiative to think strategically and contribute to policy debates

A positive “gets things done approach” with the ability to be decisive and take action when required

Has experience of working collaboratively in a matrix organisation at a senior level

Has proven experience in strategic planning and change management

Has experience of both supporting and leading committees and meetings

Has experience of leading a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion

D esirable

Knowledge of project management techniques and tools

Attributes & Behaviours

Is inspirational and provides clear direction, particularly in times of uncertainty

High drive and initiative, able to demonstrate professional resilience

An articulate, confident and politically adept communicator, ready and able to deal with difficult situations and to challenge where necessary

Takes the initiative to develop and implement new ideas and approaches

Acts in a collaborative, inclusive, transparent and open manner, acting with integrity and able to build high levels of trust

Possesses the personal stature to engage with and earn the respect and good will of peers and more senior colleagues

Role model for professionalism and commitment to the University values and stated goals and to exhibit such professionalism both internally and externally

Qualifications

Essential

Graduate and/ or equivalent experience

Desirable

Management qualification and/ or project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMI

Newcastle University is committed to being a fully inclusive Global University which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, as well as being open to flexible working practices.

The University holds a silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. The University also holds the HR Excellence in Research award for our work to support the career development of our researchers, and is a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

We understand how important the full employment package is to our colleagues at Newcastle University and we are committed to providing a great range of benefits and discounts for all. You can learn more about what is available here on our Benefits Website page .

Requisition ID: 14662