Exeter Innovation- Degree Apprenticeships
This new full-time post is available from 3rd March 2025 on a permanent basis.
This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.
Summary of the role
The post sits within the Degree Apprenticeships service to ensure compliance with funding requirements and identifying and working with the department to implement changes in response to internal and external drivers. As the scale of the apprenticeship provision increases, the post will implement innovative approaches to providing a high level of service to all stakeholders, utilising University and apprenticeship specific software solutions. Successful change management in a highly regulated environment is key and relies on a deep understanding of the context and our stakeholders.
The main purpose of this role is to provide leadership and education partnership advice and support for key academic staff for the delivery of Degree Apprenticeship priorities.
Lead and have responsibility for monitoring service standards, ensuring continuous improvement to policies and practices, and the development and implementation of high quality support for students, academic staff and fellow professional services staff in the full range of student experience and teaching delivery from the point of registration through to graduation, including underpinning systems support.
Working across the full team of Education Support Managers to ensure development and application of continuous improvement and review of education processes across Hubs and collaborative, consistent and productive academic partnerships.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).
We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
41 days leave per year
options for flexible working
numerous discounts at leading retailers
onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England
Further information
Please contact Dan Hallam, Head of Apprenticeships. D.Hallam@exeter.ac.uk
The closing date for applications is 12 February 2025. Interviews are expected to take place on 21 February 2025.
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