Senior Lecturer and Arden Enterprise Incubator Lead
£46,890 - £57,310pa plus Excellent Benefits
Hybrid working with occasional travel to our Coventry Head Office or one of our UK Campuses (Birmingham, Leeds, London or Manchester)
Full-Time Permanent
Arden University
We are an aspirational and award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
The Role – Senior Lecturer and Enterprise Incubator Lead
The Senior Lecturer will lead, develop and monitor resources and events ensuring high levels of engagement with the AEI and positive outcomes for students. In addition, the role requires the Senior Lecturer to contribute to teaching and learning in an area of specialism within the Faculty of Business and Innovation. Core responsibilities include:
* Developing and delivering the AEI strategy in order to grow its impact across Arden University
* Facilitating events and guest speakers that enhance the profile and impact of the AEI
* Management of Student Enterprise Champions
* Planning, designing and delivering bootcamps or facilitating others in their delivery of them
* Leading face-to-face and virtual induction days to the AEI for staff, students and alumni
* Running special interest groups, with particular focus on enterprise, sustainability and entrepreneurship
* Running or supporting seminars, mini-conferences, theme weeks and other ad-hoc APD activities
* Writing bids for funding into the AEI
About You:
To succeed in this role, you will need: (see JD for full list)
* Master’s level qualification in a subject related to a core discipline in the Faculty of Business & Innovation.
* Fellowship of Advance HE (FHEA) or willing to achieve the status through Arden’s Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Education in Practice (within 12 months).
* Ability to design resources and events and to plan, organise and deliver bootcamps.
* Writing high quality analytical reports and blogs.
* Excellent breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in technology-enhanced learning.
* Business development skills
* Experience of planning events.
* Ability to write funding bids
* Experience of enhancing student/alumni satisfaction and outcomes; experience of analysing associated data and formulating sound actions.
If you’re passionate about shaping the future of the Arden Enterprise Incubator and thrive in a dynamic, expanding university, we’d love to hear from you.
Why Arden:
At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students' journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:
* 30 days holiday, add the bank holiday on top, and we even throw in Christmas closure
* A generous Aviva pension plan, our contributions start at 7%
* Private Medical Insurance
* Study any Arden course for free, with generous discount for all family and friends
* Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
* Plus, other competitive benefits!
Arden’s values:
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
Closing Date: Thursday 16th January
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.
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