Educational Partnerships Officer - Bath, United Kingdom - Bath Spa University

Bath Spa University

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Bath, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description:

We are seeking multiple Educational Partnerships Officers to join our friendly and busy Centre for Educational Partnerships (CEP) in supporting the overall management and coordination of educational partnerships on behalf of the University.

These roles will provide key support to the Head of Educational Partnerships and Assistant Heads of Educational Partnerships in implementing various aspects of CEP owned processes and procedures for the approval, enactment and ongoing operational management of educational partnerships and supporting implementation of the objectives of the University's _Educational Partnerships Strategy.

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About the Role:

As Educational Partnerships Officer, you will work on various workstreams associated with our educational partnerships, including development and implementation of sub-projects stemming from current partnerships, establishment of new partnerships and relationship management and training between the University and our partner institutions.

You will travel regularly to visit our partner institutions across the UK, with some international travel required.

In addition to daily partnership working focused on various workstreams, the Educational Partnerships Officers will have a particular focus on additional areas such as contract management and compliance, implementing the process for collection of term dates and academic calendars on an intake-by-intake basis, analysis of partner and programme data, forecasting projected intake numbers and undertaking regular partner monitoring activities on the University's behalf, as well as leading internal and external communications, training and events.

You will additionally play a key role in the development and implementation of operational responsibilities guidance and management of exit strategies and end of partnership activities.

This is an exciting time for the Centre for Educational Partnerships and the University as we finalise the implementation plan for our _Educational Partnerships Strategy_ and the Educational Partnerships Officers will contribute to implementing our framework for partner management, working always to foster good relations with current and prospective educational partnerships.

The role is hybrid and you will normally be expected to spend a minimum of 40% of your time at either the main University campus at Newton Park or Bath Spa University London, unless travel to partners in each week dictates otherwise.

About You:

You will ideally have a strong understanding of the higher education environment and processes, as well as familiarity with the purpose and remit of the various regulatory bodies, such as the Office for Students (OfS), and experience of effective working with a range of internal and external stakeholders in any context.

We are looking for someone with a strong approach to project management, with a clear ability to be guided by established process and precedents, but where needed, a demonstrable capability to use initiative, experience and judgement to resolve day-to-day issues while suggesting options and making recommendations to address more complex problems.

You must have a proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team and be able to communicate, liaise and negotiate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including academic and professional services staff, partner contacts, regulatory bodies, recruitment agents, etc.

Academic quality, programme development, academic delivery, academic administration or similar
Contracts and compliance, namely reviewing and/or drafting legal agreements in any workplace context
Financial management and invoicing experience
Ability to collect and analyse complex data
Communications, PR, marketing and/or social media management in any context
Working with franchised, validated, TNE or other models of partnership

Additional Information:

You will normally be expected to spend a minimum of 40% of your time at either the main University campus at Newton Park, Bath, or at Bath Spa University London, unless travel to partners in each week dictates otherwise.

You will travel regularly to visit our partner institutions across the UK, with some international travel required.

We are hiring three Educational Partnerships officers, so there are multiple roles available.

Grade 6 - £32,332 to £36,024 per annum

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