Statutory Returns and Reporting Officer

About ARU:
We are ranked in the world’s top 350 institutions in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and we are a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. Our research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world-leading. In 2021, we were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our world-leading music therapy work.

About the Role:
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Statutory Returns & Reporting Officer to join our Business Intelligence Service (BIS) team, working on the preparation and submission of our statutory returns and delivering high quality, accurate and timely statutory data in collaboration with key stakeholders. You will drive continuous improvement in business and systems processes to meet new and changing statutory requirements and to ensure a robust basis for performance insights and strategic decision making.

With a Degree or part qualified in a relevant professional qualification and appropriate level of experience and evidence of CPD, you will have advanced problem-solving and analytical skills, as well as effective communication and interpersonal skills, excellent IT skills and the resilience and flexibility to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment. You will have significant experience of working in a Higher Education environment and of HESA-related data. In particular, experience in producing, interpreting, and reporting statistical data and working with complex data sets.

Informal enquiries can be made to Jason Archontides, Strategic Data and Analytics Manager at jason.archontides@aru.ac.uk.

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please click the apply button to download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.

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