Access and Participation Manager

### **Description**

As the Access and Participation Manager, you will lead and motivate a team and play a key role in shaping the design and delivery of schools and colleges outreach work, ensuring the work of the team meets the objectives outlined within the University’s Access and Participation Plan (APP).

The post holder will use data and on the ground insights to identify new opportunities within outreach to enable the university to deliver first class outreach activities and initiatives. The post holder will act as a leader and role model for the team and will support them with their personal and professional development, working with them to best ensure collaboration and a shared vision towards key priorities.

### **About the Role**

You will lead and manage a team that facilitates exceptional outreach, engagement and attainment raising activities. You will be required to set objectives linked to the operationalisation and delivery of the University’s APP and monitor and evaluate the work of the team. Additionally, you will continually review the outreach offer, and ensure professional standards are maintained and applied within all areas of outreach and schools and colleges engagement.

### **About You**

• Full UK driving license
• Experience of successful HE schools and colleges engagement
• Excellent ability to lead a team and identify opportunities for development
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to plan and prioritise effectively
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skill
• Ability to undertake research and use data to determine appropriate markets for engagement
• A detailed understanding of policies, practices and procedures within recruitment, outreach and the wider higher education sector
• Experience of managing a team within either student recruitment or outreach
• Experience of contributing towards Access and Participation Plans

For further information on the essential and desirable skills we’re looking for, please refer to the attached Job Description.

### **Additional Information**

**Salary Grade 7 - Starting from £ 38,784 rising to £ 43,482 per annum**

***The salary range shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. Please note that our default position is to appoint into the lower end of the range, unless there are exceptional circumstances.***

**The post holder may be required to carry out any other duties required commensurate with the grade and scope of the post.**

**The nature of the role means that some evening and weekend working will be required to cover core departmental activities. The arrangement of working hours will be agreed in advance with the post’s line manager.**

**All members of the Academic Planning team are expected to support cross-University events such as student recruitment activities, Graduations, Clearing, Registration and similar, as appropriate.**

**Interview Date - May 15th**

**Staff Benefits**

We offer a wide range of great benefits at BSU, including

• Generous pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme/Teacher's Pension Scheme). This is a defined benefit pension scheme which pays members a secure income for life, post-retirement
• Enhanced paid leave - 41 - 46 days depending on the role (Full Time) - more details here: https://apphub.bathspa.ac.uk/StaffBenefits
• Family friendly policies including hybrid working, flexible work environment, on-site nursery, and a sector-leading enhanced maternity scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme which offers access to on-demand GP appointments, wellbeing support and advice, and access to counselling
• Transport schemes including Electric Vehicle Scheme and Cycle to Work
• Wide range of discounts and financial benefits, accessed through and easy-to-use app

For further details about all our staff benefits, have a look at our rewards page: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/work-at-bath-spa/rewards-and-benefits/

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.*

### **About Bath Spa University**

At Bath Spa University, we believe in the power of education to break down barriers to opportunity and to transform lives. We are the Professionally Creative for the future. Professional Creativity transcends subject disciplines, and is just as important for our sciences, education, business and law subjects as it is for our sector leading creative industries provision. We connect learners, staff and external partners with applied research and innovation. We power inclusive growth through skills development and practice based, innovation – intensive learning for all.

Our main Newton park campus is based in stunning countryside just a few minutes from a World Heritage City. We are also proud to offer courses to students at our other campuses around Bath, and in London at our Canary Wharf and Hackney sites.

An impressive 84% of our staff said they would recommend the University to a friend as a good place to work.

We are a community of colleagues, striving for excellence to ensure students thrive. Our values are:

• Respect
• Inclusivity
• Collaboration
• Sustainability

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community. We foster inclusivity, celebrating and respecting differences. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and genders. We consider our recruitment practices to be comprehensive and unbiased; ensuring fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity for all.