We're partnering with a university on exclusive basis to help them find an Curriculum Lead Officer. The university is currently going through in replacing their student record system to improve student's experience as part of their strategic plan. They are due to go live with a new Curriculum Manager by the end of the year. This is a great opportunity for someone to join a forward thinking organisation who are establishing a new end to end curriculum management capability to improve effectiveness of a university's offering, from design and development of programmes through to their validation, delivery, resource allocation and, importantly, publication.
Summary of the role:
Role: Curriculum Lead Officer
Employment Type: 2 year FTC, grade 7
Location: 3 days a week in central London
Salary: £37,238.82 - £49,268.29
Benefits: 18%-21% USS pension, 30 days holiday + University Closure days & bank holidays, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan and many more.
Essential skills:
- Experience in managing curriculum data using curriculum management system
- Experience working in higher education setting
- Good understanding of policy development relating to curriculum management
- Leadership capabilities (supervising or leading or managing a team)
- Excellent in stakeholder management
The role:
Reporting to the Assistant Registrar and Quality Manager, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide expert data advice, analyse course and module data, support the enhancement of curriculum data quality across the university. As well as this you will have exposure to provide users with effective support for the new curriculum management system, following the implementation. Universities tend to hold their curriculum data centrally but using that data is a strength; this role will allow you to influence the design of the single source of truth for curriculum data, and feed into the development of new policies and processes.
This is a good opportunity for someone that is hungry and looking to make an impact within a small organisation. There are the opportunities to be strategic with the changes that are upcoming but most importantly be hands on operationally to build a team and lead by example. The successful candidate is joining an organisation that has huge appetite for continuous improvement. So there are plenty of opportunities to put stamp on things, improve and change processes in order to leave your mark.
Desirable skills:
- Formal line management experiences
- Experience working in agile environment
- Experience developing Technical solution - where you have identified and implemented innovative improvements to procedures and systems
- Have been involved in a SITS implementation project OR are a super user of the system
Target start date - Able to wait for the right person up to 3 months
Interviews are taking place w/c the 9th of December. For an informal conversation please reach out to Yaf at y.okubet@gravitasgroup.com or 07802244258.