Senior Lecturer/Programme Leader in Operations and Project Management

The School:

The School of Project Management (SoPM) is a relatively new school within the Faculty of Business. The current MSc Project Management has been designed to enable digital and blended teaching practices based on sound pedagogic principles to deliver learning which will meet the need of 21 Century students. The programme is very successful with over 300 students across distance learning and blended learning.

Going forward, the SoPM will develop and expand its programme offering with a suite of Undergraduate, Degree Apprenticeship, Postgraduate and short courses.

The Opportunity:

This Senior Lecturer post will work with the Dean, Heads of School, Principal Lecturers and Lecturers to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of programmes in accordance with University strategy, policies and procedures and undertake research and scholarly activity. Senior Lecturers have academic leadership responsibilities which typically involve a combination of the following, in negotiation with their Head of School/Principle Lecturer:

• Responsibility for a programme or suite of associated named awards/programmes
• Module leadership of several large, core modules
• Overall responsibility for a year group or cohort within a programme (for example on a large programme)
• Line management of Lecturers (who may themselves lead modules)
• Management of School projects
• Academic Integrity Officer

About You:

The ideal candidate has a track record to lead, deliver, develop and monitor postgraduate and undergraduate programmes, ensuring high levels of student outcomes. This includes associated operational administration, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement (including accreditation by relevant professional institutions where appropriate). The Job Description will highlight more essential skills and qualifications needed for this exciting post.

Why Arden:

At Arden, our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with our wonderful benefits. We want our colleagues to enjoy both their personal and professional life, and we know work-life balance is at the forefront of everyone’s mind, as such we offer the opportunity for our people to explore agile working and offer flexibility in working pattern to accommodate where we can. We know that health and wellbeing are important, and our colleagues benefit from private medical insurance from Vitality along with access to wellbeing support. Our colleagues love the standard 30 days holiday, add the bank holiday on top and we will even throw in Christmas closure, giving you plenty of time to do the things you love! Your future is also important to us, and we want you to be as comfortable as possible in retirement, so we offer a generous pension plan from Aviva.

We want you to grow as the University grows, as such we promote lifelong learning and all our colleagues can study any of our courses for free, we also offer a generous friends and family discount. We believe in the freedom to learn, and each year every colleague can use the Golden Ticket to gift a free Arden education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations. To learn more about our benefits click here, for the full JD click here or to start your journey with us click apply!

Successful applicants will be notified by Thursday 6th January 2022.

Interviews will be held w/c 10th January 2022