Degree Apprenticeship Programme Officer

Department: Faculty of Science & Engineering
Salary: £35,774-£42,020 (Grade 4)
Reference: QMUL29963
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 9 August 2022
Closing date: 25 August 2022

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The Faculty of Science and Engineering are looking to appoint a key member of our Degree Apprentice programmes team. This role will lead on the day to day administrative support, including quality assurance, module registration, co-ordinating e-learning provision and acting as Secretary to the Institute of Technology’s Education  Committee(s).

Queen Mary University of London was one of the first Higher Education Institutions in the UK to deliver a Degree Apprenticeship programme. We now provide programmes to a diverse range of employers including a number of leading international financial services firms and banks, global pharmaceutical firms, national retailers and IT/technology companies. Earlier this year we launched the London City Institute of Technology, a collaboration between Queen Mary University of London, Newham College and a wide range of employers.  It specialises in delivering higher technical education and apprenticeships with a focus on STEM subjects, such as engineering, digital and construction.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

 We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

About The Faculty of Science and Engineering

The Faculty of Science and Engineering has five academic Schools offering comprehensive and diverse taught programmes. The Faculty is committed to offering world class taught programmes and is continually seeking ways to enhance the student experience and optimise our graduates’ outcomes. The Faculty’s research profile has strengthened considerably within the last ten years and we are focusing on establishing Queen Mary as one of the leading institutions for Science and Engineering in the UK.

About you

Applicants for the position should have experience working in Higher Education in student administration, enjoy and excel in providing quality customer services and working constructively with others. Have experience in using large student databases and in working with/adding to virtual learning environments. You should have good problem solving skills and be able to analyse and interpret numerical and other data for this personally and to present this to others.  

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post will work between the Mile End and City Island campuses in London. The role is full time, permanent appointment with an expected start date early this summer. The starting salary will be in the range of £35,774 - £42,020 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.  We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Pooja Kanani (Faculty Degree Apprenticeship Manager [email protected] or Anne Parry (Faculty Director of Operations) at [email protected].

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is 25 August 2022.

Interviews are expected to be held on 2 September 2022.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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