Academic Support Manager (HE)

We are seeking to appoint an Academic Support Manager (HE) to take responsibility for students and applicants with support needs, including students with DSA.

About the role

You will need to be confident in the DSA assessment process, including all stages, timelines and statutory requirements. The successful applicant will also manage the HE Academic Support Team, and be the HCA Disability Officer.

You will be educated to level 7 in a relevant specialist qualification, have a relevant strong working knowledge of degree level students with specific learning difficulties or barriers to learning. You should also be highly organised with excellent communication, administration and IT skills.

At HCA we are proud of our inclusive educational offer, our recent Ofsted inspection report noted that ‘Learners with high needs and additional learning support needs achieve as highly as their peers’. This also reflects our approach and standards at HE. The successful candidate will be passionate about this area of learning and excited to join our specialist support team.

About Hereford College of Arts

Awarded Ofsted Outstanding in 2023, Hereford College of Arts is vibrant, dedicated arts college with a specialist focus on art, design, creative media, popular music and performing arts.

Our mission is to empower creativity and enrich our world through transformative arts education.   We are proud of our rich history and our strategic vision for the future to develop and grow. Hereford city and the wider region are also full of ambition with a new engineering university in development and Herefordshire Cultural Partnership galvanising arts and collaboration across the region. We are rooted in an exceptional place and connected to the world.

For informal enquiries, please contact David Hawkins d.hawkins@hca.ac.uk to arrange a conversation. For further information and an application pack please email jobs@hca.ac.uk or telephone reception on 01432 273359.

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