Academic Lead for New Partnerships (Staff Tutor posts) x 2

Location: Various locations
Terms: 1 years FTC / 2 x Full-time posts available
Closing Date: 8 February 2023 - 12:00 noon 

Change your career, change lives

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the operational management of the Open University’s Health, Wellbeing and Social Care modules, qualifications and professional programmes.

With responsibility for managing and co-ordinating academic-related and administrative support activities, the Faculty Co-ordinator will facilitate the delivery of services to Health and Social Care students and to Associate Lecturers. You will be a member of a virtual team supporting lecturers and students across the UK. You will support the management of Associate Lecturers and the allocation of students to them. You will be responsible with AL Services for arrangements for tutorials and day schools. You will be the first point of contact for students and Associate Lecturers in your curriculum area.

About the role

These posts are open to expressions of interest from Staff Tutors and external applicants who are able to travel extensively throughout the UK.

The posts include responsibility for the academic development and assessment of new nursing partnerships in England. The post holders will work closely with, and will be the first point of call with, the Business Development Unit to progress new potential partnerships.

The two posts will be based in the South West and the North and are initially fixed term. The postholder will also be responsible for one other region in England. Because of the need to work with potential partners face-to-face applicants should be based in one of these regions. The postholder will be expected to travel throughout the home and other regions and to travel occasionally to Milton Keynes and other parts of the UK.

Successful candidates will also require an enhanced DBS check.

 Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the effective management of professional qualifications and work strategically with new or developing partners to assess and ensure internal and external compliance with regulatory body requirements
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in the Professional Programmes Operations Team to ensure the ongoing operationalisation of the programme
• Work in partnership with new partners to ensure that they will be able to support the students and provide practice-based learning opportunities in accordance with the relevant professional regulatory body requirements
• Promote the OU’s professional programmes and other qualifications to new partners and other stakeholders and contribute to the development of new business
• Work collaboratively with Staff Tutors, Nation Managers, Business Development Unit and Programme Leaders across England (or 4 Nations) to hand over new partners to regions to aid ongoing operationalisation of new partners, having over overarching oversight of the learner progress. 
• Ensure new partner business is initiated and embedded including on-boarding new and returning students 
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations in the recruitment and selection of students for entry to the professional programmes and other qualifications.
• Undertake other duties as required.

More information can be provided via a link to the Job Description. 

If you would like to discuss the application or recruitment process before making an application, please contact Jen Reid at Resourcing Hub on 01908 655544 or jennifer.reid@open.ac.uk quoting the reference VRF 20674

What you get in return

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.