Statutory Returns & Reporting Officer

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. We are the Times Higher Education (THE) University of the Year 2023, and we hold a Gold award for the quality of our education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Statutory Returns & Reporting Officer to join our Business Intelligence Service (BIS) team, working on the preparation and submission of our statutory returns and delivering high quality, accurate and timely statutory data in collaboration with key stakeholders. You will drive continuous improvement in business and systems processes to meet new and changing statutory requirements and to ensure a robust basis for performance insights and strategic decision making.

You will have advanced problem-solving and analytical skills, as well as effective communication and interpersonal skills, excellent IT skills and the resilience and flexibility to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

With a degree and appropriate level of experience or part qualified in a relevant professional qualification, you will have significant experience of working in a Higher Education environment and of HESA-related data. In particular, experience in producing, interpreting, and reporting statistical data and working with complex data sets.

Informal enquiries can be made to Jason Archontides, Strategic Data and Analytics Manager at [email protected] .

Find out more about working with us by clicking on the above 'Apply' button.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please click the apply button to download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.