Associate Director Insight & Development

Grade 9, Salary range £59,139 - £68,529 (Incremental progression)

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a journey to transform the Careers and Employability Service and be pivotal to that change in an exciting new Student Futures Directorate. The Directorate is part of the DSS working across Keele Institute for Innovation & Teaching Excellence (KIITE) and is made up of Careers & Employability, Global Opportunities and Placements & Project teams. 

The successful candidate will need to be accountable, responsible, leading and driving forward change using data informed developments within continuous improvement cycles. There will be an expectation to fashion provision to the student journey across a range of functions to build insights, support development, utilise technologies to provide access to opportunities pre & post-graduation through targeted relationships with employers building strong talent pipelines for future markets. 

We need a leader who is strategic, will identify & assess needs to generate new ideas, forward plan, feeding into the overall strategy, cascading to staff and peers across functions from discussions with the senior leadership teams.

They will need to lead as part of the management team, develop & understand all aspects of employability, student journey lifecycles, employer and academic needs and their relationships with graduate skills, the wider metrics, making recommendations to fashion policy and operational developments.

Progress on development, engagement, impact will need to be reported on and used to inform changes.

With the overarching purpose to advance the graduate prospects of our students, supporting their success taking the approach that by building a one Service approach across Student Futures we are best placed to achieve this.

Our vision is to help develop capable students from a diverse range of backgrounds into graduates who demonstrate drive, curiosity and experience with an excellent academic foundation. Making our graduates highly employable thanks to a mindset developed through interactions with work integrated learning/experiences through working with business, the professions, guided by a focus on their success throughout their student journey. 

The Benefits

The University recognises that its success depends upon the contribution and dedication of its talented staff. In return, we have a competitive benefits package available, including:  

• Competitive rate of pay with annual increments within the grade (Keele Spine)
• Generous annual leave entitlement with opportunities to purchase additional leave  
• Excellent staff pension scheme   
• Access to continued personal, professional and career development   
• On site ‘outstanding’ nursery    
• Discounted health & fitness facilities on site  
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)

Please note that the starting salary will typically be at the bottom of the pay scale shown above.

The University is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible. 

The University

Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education, innovative research, beautiful campus, strong community spirit and excellent student experience. With a turnover in excess of £170 million, over 12,500 students and a total staff of approximately 2000, the University provides high quality teaching across a wide range of academic and vocational subjects and promotes world-class research. Further information can be found at https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/

Keele University values equality and diversity across our workforce and to ensuring our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles.

How to Apply

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Informal enquiries may be addressed to Kulvinder Birring, k.s.birring@keele.ac.uk. Applications to this address will not be accepted. 

Closing Date: 6^th April 2025

Interviews will be held on: Week commencing 28^th April 2025