Assistant Head of Academic Governance and Quality (Partnerships)

Job Description

Become a key player in our Academic Governance and Quality team, where you will take the lead on developing, implementing, and reviewing our Partnership Management framework. Working collaboratively across the University and with key contacts at our educational partnerships, your oversight will ensure we exceed regulatory requirements and effectively manage key risks, in support of our institutional priorities.

About the role

Within this role you will be responsible for the academic approval processes for new and existing partnership programmes. You will manage the effective design and operation of quality assurance processes for educational partnerships, including Partner Meetings, Partner Visits, and Partner Annual Review; ensuring that processes are designed and applied to identify, record and report academic risk, and actions are monitored and completed. 

You will provide expert review and assessment of quality, standards and academic compliance matters as part of academic Due Diligence processes for new partners and for partnership renewal.  You will take lead responsibility for those Partner Visits that relate to monitoring quality and standards, including scoping of objectives, planning of visit activities, undertaking visits, leading meetings, and drafting reports and recommendations.

You will lead and manage staff engaged in the quality assurance functions of the Academic Governance and Quality team and work with the Head of Academic Governance and Quality to deliver effective academic governance reporting arrangements for partnership activities, including drafting and presenting reports to executive groups and academic committees as required.

About you

You will have experience in implementing academic quality assurance and improvement procedures for educational partners within the UK higher education sector, as well as managing stakeholders both internally across teams and externally. 

A strong knowledge and understanding of higher education policy issues and their implications is essential. You will understand academic risk management and be able to plan strategically and systematically while recognising the need to deliver to the business requirements.

You will have a degree or will have significant relevant experience gained in a UK higher education setting as well as the ability and confidence to influence, advise, and support others over whom there is no formal authority, including senior academic staff.

Additional information

The postholder may be required to undertake occasional visits to partner providers in the UK and abroad.

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