Deputy Manager, Funding Operations

The role

The Student Funding team plays a key role in attracting a diverse range of students and supporting them to succeed throughout their time at Bristol, administering over £40m of scholarships, bursaries and funds and providing high quality advice and guidance to students about money issues and concerns. The Deputy Manager (Funding Operations) will have responsibility for overseeing delivery of range of scholarships, bursaries and other funding schemes. 

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for leading the Funding Operations part of the team, managing a small number of Funding Operations Officers to deliver a range of schemes through from application to payment. You will work to drive improvements to policies and processes to promote efficiency and eliminate waste and maintain high levels of customer service for students. You will lead on managing large budgets and ensuring that we are able to manage risk effectively.

You should apply if

• You have a track record of driving improvement and efficiency through process and service redesign.
• You are able to encourage and embed a culture of continuous improvement with the people you manage.
• You have strong experience of risk and budget management.
• You have excellent planning and operational management skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
• You build productive working relationships which enable you to get things done. 

Additional information

For informal enquiries please contact Josh Gibbs, joshua.gibbs@bristol.ac.uk  

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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