Academic Programmes and Quality Manager at The University of Sheffield

Overview

This post provides an exciting opportunity for someone with excellent communication, sophisticated stakeholder management, and a commitment to providing high quality services to join our team.  As the Academic Programmes and Quality Manager, leading a team, you will be responsible for the strategic leadership and operational delivery of the University’s academic quality framework ensuring compliance with both internal regulations and the external UK higher education (HE) landscape.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Team Leadership and Management: Lead, manage, and motivate the Academic Programmes and Quality Team and the Curriculum Data Team, including setting objectives, managing performance, and promoting staff development to meet service standards.
• Strategic Compliance and Guidance: Lead the service to ensure academic programmes align with the University's Education strategy and are compliant with external requirements, including the Office for Students (OfS), consumer legislation, and professional bodies.
• Process Improvement and Change Management: Lead, design, and drive process improvements across internal quality management, adopting best practice approaches, and ensuring systems and practice remain fit for purpose and aligned with regulatory conditions.
• Curriculum Data and Systems Ownership: Act as the product manager for Curriculum Manager (SITS module management tool), ensuring the system operates effectively to meet business needs and is developed to adapt to new requirements.
• Data-Informed Quality Assurance: Work across the University to ensure internal and external performance measures and curriculum data are accurately used to inform quality assurance, enhancement activities, and education governance.
• Policy and Communication Expertise: Provide effective communication and expert advice to Faculties, Schools, and professional services on education policies, processes, and the implications of the regulatory requirements.
• Service Enhancement: Continuously improve the quality and accessibility of services, processes, and systems that academic teams require to design, develop, deliver, and review academic programmes.
• Education Governance: Provide professional, high-level secretariat support to key university committees (e.g sub-committees of Senate Education Committee) responsible for academic standards and quality, including the preparation of detailed papers and timely follow-up of actions.
• As a member of staff you will be encouraged to make ethical decisions in your role, embedding  the University sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible.
• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post