Graduate School Manager

Fixed-term for a year

Are you interested in playing a key role in ensuring that Post Graduate Research (PGR) students in the Faculty have access to first-class support, excellent academic provision and processes and procedures that enable them to progress through their programme of research?

We are looking for someone who has excellent communication and negotiation skills.  You will work closely with academic PGR leads and professional services PGR support staff in Schools, as well as Faculty leadership, to ensure that the Faculty PGR strategy and policy is implemented in line with institutional strategy and policy.

You will be part of our Faculty team based within the Humanities Research Institute and will report to the Deputy Faculty Director of Operations (Research & Innovation). You will work closely with the Faculty Vice-President and other Faculty Directors, particularly the Assistant Faculty Director for Research and Innovation (Postgraduate Research). This role is a crucial part of the core Faculty professional services team.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is home to more than 3,400 undergraduate and postgraduate students and c. 380 staff whose curiosity about the languages, cultures, histories and imaginaries that make us human drives our learning at all levels. Further information about the Faculty is available from www.shef.ac.uk/faculty/arts-and-humanities

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We believe in the power of diversity to help us address big global challenges and aim to actively build diverse teams. We know that when people come together with different views, approaches and insights it leads to richer, more creative and innovative teaching and research, better understanding of student needs and aspirations and the highest level of student experience. We particularly welcome candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. All appointments will be based on merit.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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