Head of Academic Services (Full Time)

Fourth Monkey is recruiting a Head of Academic Services to join its dynamic team. The successful candidate will provide essential support to the Director of Training and Senior Management team, working closely with their team and colleagues to manage and enhance academic delivery. 

Job Description

The Head of Academic Services will play a vital role in helping Fourth Monkey achieve its organisational objectives, including providing essential support to the Director of Training and Senior Management team in managing compliance and best practice in the coordination of student attainment and assessment, as well as compliance with OfS regulations. 

They will be responsible for working closely with their team and colleagues to manage and enhance academic delivery. They will work alongside the Director of Training and their Academic Services coordinators to ensure efficient academic programming plus the resolution and management of queries from academic and training staff, students and external stakeholders, will play a key role in the planning of academic delivery and proactively ensure the provision of an efficient and professional service for students and academic staff. 

This role would suit a hardworking, passionate and enthusiastic individual with ideally a minimum of 3 years' experience of working in an academic services role at a senior level, a proficiency in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) systems, excellent communication skills, attention to detail and organisational skills. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Course development, including supporting Senior Management with compliance with OfS regulations and development of internal processes and procedures to maintain and develop best practice, attainment and student experience
• Student development
• Practitioner liaison and management
• Course management / coordination. 

About Fourth Monkey

It's an exciting time to be joining the Fourth Monkey team; since marking our 10-year anniversary in 2020 whereby our two-year training course was successfully accredited as our BA (Hons) Acting Accelerated Degree, we have subsequently added the recently accredited CertHE Acting & Theatre Making and MA Collaborative Theatre to our training provision. We also offer free school and community workshops throughout the UK and a programme of workshops and courses for professional actors and those new to acting to explore a wide range of creative practices, skills and disciplines.

For full information, please visit: https://fourthmonkey.co.uk/discover/work-with-us/

SALARY: £36-40,000 per annum 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12pm, Tuesday 18 April 2023.

Please send an up-to-date CV, a cover letter, a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring form, along with the contact details of two referees (we will not take up references before short-listing nor without your express consent).

Please note, your cover letter should be used to tell us how you think you meet the requirements in the person specification. Your CV and your cover letter should each be no more than 2 sides of A4.

To apply please click on the 'Apply' button above by the deadline of 12PM TUESDAY 18 APRIL 2023. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on a rolling basis from point of application.

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