Academic Services Manager
Job Category Administrative Vacancy Type Permanent Employment Type Full time Salary From £45, Salary To £55, Location Chelmsford Faculty/Prof Service Student & Library Services Closing Date 10/11/ Ref No Documents
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About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARUs research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UKs Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UKs leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the role:
The University Library, sitting within the Student and Library Services Directorate, is committed to delivering and excellent, innovative and responsive library and information service, fully integrated within the life of our university community.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide leadership to the site based Academic Services Team based at Writtle and Chelmsford sites, made up of Study Coaches delivering study skills support services to student groups and individuals and Subject Librarians delivering academic library services to our Universitys teaching, learning and research community.
Working in close collaboration with the Academic Services Manager leading the Academic Services Team based at Cambridge and Peterborough, youll apply your leadership skills to ensure high standards of academic library services and study skills support to students and staff within faculties. You will also ensure the effective delivery and promotion of high quality study skills resources, information resources and support to faculties, closely integrated with the curriculum.
With a degree or higher degree, plus demonstrable professional experience for the role, or relevant professional degree level qualification appropriate to the role, you will be working closely with the Customer Services Managers, the Research Services Manager, the Head of Content Delivery and Discovery and academic colleagues to ensure that library services and study skills support provision at all sites meet the needs of Faculty students and staff.
The Student and Library Services Directorate operates an agile working policy of a minimum of 40% of weekly working hours worked on campus and a maximum of 60% worked from home.
Find out more about .
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our page for full details.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.