Academic Governance Manager

About this role: The Academic Governance Manager provides specialist professional support for the delivery and continuous improvement of the University’s academic governance activities and plays a key role in ensuring decision-making is effective and well-informed. As Academic Governance Manager, you will support a portfolio of senior committees yourself, including our Academic Board. You’ll also advise a wider network of committee secretaries and officers across the University, setting and maintaining service standards, developing and delivering training, and being on hand to provide guidance and support as needed.

You’ll work regularly with colleagues at the most senior levels of the University, preparing briefings on relevant external policy developments, and leading continuous improvement projects to drive good academic governance practice across the institution.

About you: You are highly organised and meticulous, with a commitment to delivering excellent services. You combine excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage knowledgeably and credibly with a wide range of colleagues, including those in senior roles. You have experience of supporting committees or similar formal groups and are keen to develop your skills further. Politically aware, you are genuinely interested in how government policy emerges and evolves.  

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed. 

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development. 

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic and male candidates, also, we are a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability. 

Further information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Heather Moyes on 0117 328 7125 or email: heather.moyes@uwe.ac.uk 

Interviews are scheduled to take place Friday 10 May 2024. 

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.

This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part-time. 

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students, this role is therefore campus based at least 60% of your time, with the opportunity to work from home by arrangement with the line manager and subject to the requirements and priorities of the role. 

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience. 

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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