Faculty Manager

Job title Faculty ManagerSchool/Function All SchoolsResponsible to Head of Academic ManagementResponsible for Effective management of faculty to support a high-quality student experience LocationLondon campusJob DescriptionThe Faculty Manager is a key post holder in our academic delivery management structure. The role supports faculty performance and management across all schools and contributes to the smooth running of all programmes working with multiple stakeholders, enhancing the student experience and staff satisfaction. The Faculty Manager will work with multiple stakeholders to support and manage faculty recruitment, onboarding and training, faculty development and performance, HR compliance, partner and regulatory compliance, resourcing efficiency and learning and teaching excellence.OVERALL PURPOSE The Faculty Manager is a key post holder in our academic management structure. The role supports faculty performance and management across all schools and contributes to the smooth running of all programmes, enhancing the student experience and staff satisfaction. The Faculty Manager will work with multiple stakeholders to support and manage faculty development and performance, HR compliance, partner and regulatory compliance, resourcing efficiency and learning and teaching excellence.Key ResponsibilitiesThe key responsibilities of the role are:Responsible for organising, developing and coordinating with relevant stakeholders a comprehensive onboarding programme for both permanent, fixed term and associate lecturers. Review and screen CV’s and hold recruitment days for faculty candidatesEnsure that each new Lecturer/Associate Lecturer is aware of and able to adhere to college policies and procedures. Where there have been breaches of policy that you take appropriate steps working with relevant stakeholders to address the issues as they arise. Manage and support operations in workload planning across the academic year, ensuring staff with appropriate skills deliver the appropriate teaching, marking and other activities as necessary. Support faculty to organise their annual leave to ensure minimal operational disruption avoiding a negative impact on the student experience and continuity of teaching. Work with relevant stakeholders to support the smooth running of programmes and academic delivery. To monitor and ensure that the faculty members across schools meet their KPIs including but not limited to meeting all deadlines, marking to a high standard, attending all standardisation meetings, collecting module feedback and all other tasks associated with their role or as may be allocated from time to time. Hold regular 121 meetings with faculty to support their development, address faculty feedback, and understand the staff voice so that relevant information leading to potential enhancements can be communicated to relevant stakeholders to be considered and further developed to improve the faculty staff experience. You will be responsible for liaising with stakeholders to enable you to hold meaningful review, probation and appraisal meetings supporting development and performance of faculty. Support staff development across Digital Teaching and Learning, Academic Support, Advance HE, L&T, Digital Literacy and other areas as appropriate working closely with relevant stakeholders. Provide communication, guidance, and support to all staff and working with your senior leadership team, Schools, Operations and HR to ensure that our Staff Voice is heard and supported. Ensure that any feedback from observations, student surveys, module feedback and other feedback mechanisms is communicated effectively to the relevant faculty. Working with HR investigate and address all complaints regarding faculty conduct, issues of non – compliance or breaches of rules, regulations, policy or other performance issuesProvide support to faculty to ensure a positive academic student experience to meet our B1, B2 and B4 condition of registrationPERSON SPECIFICATIONExperience & Personal QualitiesEssential: Experience of management, development and training in an HE context Experience of working in regulated sector with compliance and monitoring requirements High levels of emotional intelligence and diplomacy Ability to address sensitive issues with confidentiality and compassionAbility to address poor conduct and manage performance plansExcellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to work in a complex matrix environment with competing interests Ability to build collaborative relationships across multiple teamsAble to work independently with initiative and sensitivity Desirable: Experience in recruitment and talent acquisition Experience of teaching, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement in an HE environmentExperience of management/leadership in a regulated sector Good understanding of employment rights and law TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Essential: Significant experience of staff development and training in an HE context. Excellent general IT skills including MS Office and its applications. Desirable: Project management experience EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Essential: Educated to degree level or extensive professional management experienceDesirable: Educated Master’s level in relevant subject discipline Compliance StatementSuccessful applicants will be required to complete pre-employment checks, including a UK DBS check, two references, ID and Right to Work verification, and education confirmation. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion, selection for employment is based solely on an individual’s skills, qualifications, and experience relevant to the role.Powered by JazzHR6w3JfRrOOH