Operations Manager (Accreditations and Quality)

Are you looking for a role that underpins world-leading research and teaching, and gives you the chance to make a positive difference to the quality of our services?

As Operations Manager (Accreditations and Quality) you will be part of the School’s Professional Services Team and will be responsible for managing and overseeing a team delivering a portfolio of accreditation and Education and Student Experience related quality activity. Working closely with professional service and academic colleagues across the School, our other campuses in China and Malaysia, the Faculty and centrally, you will design, plan and manage a range of accreditation and quality activities, co-ordinating related governance and stakeholder management. 

Although you will work across a portfolio of quality topics, a key aspect of the role will be to provide professional management, support and expert advice in support of maintaining the School’s tri-campus triple crown accreditation. 

What we offer-  

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
• Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website

This is a full-time (36.25 hours per week), permanent position available from Jan 2026, however, applications are also welcome from candidates wishing to work part-time (minimum 29 hours per week).  Please specify in your application if you wish to work part-time and the number of preferred hours.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Paul Bartlam, Head of Operations, via email: paul.bartlam@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.  

Nottingham University Business School is one of the UK’s leading business schools and a globally ranked centre for management education of the UK’s most successful universities. Further information about the School is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ 

Further details:

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme. 

We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.

Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.

Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.

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