Rankings and Accreditations Manager

The School of Management is seeking to appoint a Rankings & Accreditation Manager to oversee these vital areas of the School’s strategy.  The role holder will work closely with the Dean and other members of the School’s Executive Board, is based inside the wider Dean’s Office and will lead a small, dedicated team of two Rankings & Accreditation Officers and a part-time Data Officer. 

The School of Management (SoM) is one of four faculties in the University of Bath and benefits from being located on the edge of the UNESCO world-heritge City of Bath.  As one of the UK’s leading Business Schools the SoM is located in an impressive new building with state-of-the art resources and offers the full range of academic courses: undergraduate (BSc); pre-experience master’s MSc); post-experience master’s (MBA); both research and professional doctoral qualifications (PhD and DBA); and, tailored executive education options for both individuals and organisations. The School of Management is consistently ranked among the best schools in the United Kingdom for undergraduate business education. For example, in the latest (2025) Complete University Guide, the School ranks 1^st in Marketing (for the seventh year running), 2^nd in Business and Management, and 2^nd in Accounting and Finance.  In addition, the School’s research ranked 7th nationally in the latest (2021) Research Excellence Framework.  Accredited by both EQUIS and AMBA, and in progress for ACCSB accreditation, the School of Management is committed to delivering exceptional education and driving impactful research in the field of business management. 

The role has two complementary parts: 

1. Working with the Dean and Director of Accreditations, the post holder will plan and project manage the School’s submissions to the main accreditation bodies. This will include the securing the School’s first AACSB accreditation and the renewal of our EQUIS and AMBA accreditations as well as programme-level accreditations such as ACCA, CFA etc.
2. Working within the Dean, Associate Dean International and the School’s rankings’ group the post holder will: gather data and play a critical role in data submissions to rankings organisations; conduct in-depth analysis of the key rankings, monitor and critically analyse the School’s and competitors’ ranking performance and create timely reports based on these analyses. 

Much of the data required by the rankings organisations is also required by the accreditation bodies so there is cross-over in the two areas of work. In fulfilling these functions, the post holder will foster and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues across the School of Management and with key personnel in the rankings and accreditation bodies.   

This is an exciting, busy and varied role which requires the post-holder to have excellent communication, organisational and managerial skills.  The role holder will also need to demonstrate strong analytical skills when collecting and presenting data in addition to those of project management.  

The School of Management offers flexible, hybrid working where you can work from home for a couple of days a week.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Head of the Dean’s Office, Jenny Armstrong on jra44@bath.ac.uk   

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