Student Life Manager – Academic Partnerships

We’re seeking an experienced professional to lead the Student Life service for Academic Partnerships at UCA. In this key role, you will manage a small team and acts as an operational link between UCA and its partner institutions, ensuring consistent, compliant, and student-focused administrative support and curriculum maintenance for franchise and collaborative partners across the student lifecycle.

You will oversee student records and fees, enrolment, progression and assessment boards for our academic partners, working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to support a smooth, high-quality student experience.

The role requires a strong understanding of academic regulations, student lifecycle processes and student data systems (e.g. SITs), along with experience managing higher education administration function (e.g. registry or course administration environment).

The role can be located at Surrey or Kent Campuses.

For an informal conversation regarding the role please contact:

Christina Lewis, Assistant Director of Student Life at clewis3@ucreative.ac.uk

At UCA, creativity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. Our legacy of educating eager and passionate artists, makers and thinkers runs back almost 160 years, and today we’re helping shape a global future that supports and nourishes talent worldwide. 

Our campuses across Surrey and Kent are vibrant communities, each specialising in different areas of the creative industries. We are also home to a thriving research hub, with academic experts and fellows leading the way in research on sustainability, design, textiles, animation, history and culture, and more. 

Are you ready to share your passion for creativity with the next generation of innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) aims to be a welcoming and inclusive University that is truly representative of all sections of society. We particularly encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within the University.

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