Education Support Team Manager

Background

We have an exciting opportunity for an Education Support Team Manager to join our diverse and vibrant Team supporting medical students and staff across the University and NHS Trusts. We are passionate about providing service excellence and the role will offer you the scope to contribute by proactively leading a team and identifying ways of enhancing the student experience, providing guidance and advice and supporting the successful delivery of academic programmes.

Role Summary

At the University of Birmingham, students are at the heart of all we do. You will lead and manage a professional services team which is passionate about providing excellent administrative support for students and staff.

Duties may vary between teams, but you will be responsible for taking the lead in all aspects of administration supporting academic staff and the delivery of our teaching and research programmes for students. 

You will oversee the delivery of all teaching and learning related activity within your designated service area. This will involve managing teams of Professional Services staff and working closely with key senior academic educational leads and the Professional Services network across your designated service area. 

Person Specification

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent level qualifications) - where no equivalent qualification is held, relevant work experience evidencing progression and development together with evidence of the transferable skills and ability to work at this level will normally be required.
• Significant practical experience in a similar role.
• A levels or an equivalent level 3 qualification, such as a Level 3 NVQ, or level 3 national diploma.
• GCSEs to a minimum of grade C/4 in English and Mathematics (or equivalent qualifications). 

You will be: 

• Experienced in a role where you are expected to provide staff support, development, and motivation.
• Significantly experienced in communicating and collaborating with all levels of staff and able to demonstrate a proven ability to set and maintain standards for your designated service, communicating your own expectations and possibly the expectations of senior colleagues.
• Able to influence change and decision making by evaluating work and analysing the benefits, costs and risks of alternative scenarios.
• Personally well organised, with high levels of team organisation skills, including the ability to ensure deadlines are met by prioritising the work of yourself and your team. 

Informal enquires can be made to Informal enquiries to Aderonke Agun, email: a.agun@bham.ac.uk

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