Programmes Manager

About the role

Working closely with another Programmes Manager you will lead the Taught Programmes Team in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. 

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and enhance the staff and student experience of programme administration within the Faculty. This role will cover a breadth of policy and procedures related to academic quality and standards, student experience, and more generally the student lifecycle. The Faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses and research across such diverse subjects as economics, education, politics, languages, sport, psychology and social sciences. 

You will combine leadership skills with enthusiasm and strategic thinking to lead by example and support the team to provide an efficient professional service. You should be able to communicate effectively and develop good working relationships with a range of colleagues of varying seniority and students. With a large team and line management responsibilities you should have excellent organisational skills, be a good team player and be able to successfully manage your workload, as well as stakeholder expectations.

About you 

You will have:

• Significant experience of programme administration and general understanding of the HE sector
• Experience of line-management
• Leadership skills to support implementation of change and evolving policies and processes
• Well-developed influence and relationship building skills
• A willingness to embrace change and positivity

Further Information 

This role is open-ended and offered on a full-time or part-time basis (0.8).

For an informal discussion, please contact the Assistant Registrar, Rachel Acres (e-mail: rb271@bath.ac.uk). However, please ensure your application is submitted via the ‘Apply’ button above.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

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