Help HE shape its future
As a member-led, sector-owned charity we work with institutions across the world to improve higher education for staff, students and society, through work to enhance teaching and learning, effective governance, leadership development and tackling inequalities.
We’re looking for passionate people to join us helping higher education be the best it can be worldwide. This microsite shows our current opportunities managed by our recruitment partner, further opportunities can be found on our main careers website.
We will be reviewing applications and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis and encourage you to submit your application early. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a successful candidate is appointed. We may close this vacancy earlier than the deadline as applications are being reviewed on a regular basis throughout the advertised period and interviews may take place for suitable candidates.
If you would like to discuss career opportunities with AdvanceHE or have an enquiry on an active role below then please reach out to Advance-HErecruitment@peoplescout.co.uk
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Job Title: Consultant, Education
Location: Home-based (ROI) with occasional Republic of Ireland/UK travel. (The role will be based in Republic of Ireland)
Hours: 28 hours per week
Salary: €44,333.60
Introduction
As a global membership organization, Advance HE has expertise that is valued worldwide by leaders in higher education and are excited to be looking to grow our activity within the Republic of Ireland for the benefit of our Irish members.
This is a fantastic opportunity to link your ambition with ours and use your background in learning and teaching to have a positive influence on academic development, ensuring quality outcomes for all students.
In return for your work, you’ll receive a range of benefits including:
- A generous pension.
- Enhanced family leave benefits.
- Pro rata equivalent of 29 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Flexible working hours.
What you’ll be doing
Working closely with a Senior Consultant, you will shape content, and design and deliver solutions for the higher education sectors. While some work will focus on member benefits, some will be commercial services for paying customers. You will also play a key role in developing thought leadership: researching and communicating topics to offer insight, intelligence and occasionally provocation. While much of your consultancy work will be sourced via colleagues, you can also create your own opportunities through fostering relationships and building networks.
Who we’re looking for
You’ll bring core expertise in learning and teaching, alongside specialist knowledge in an area such as the policy landscape, access and retention, student engagement and success, EDI or student well-being. Your challenge is to understand the priorities of institutions and translate them into compelling products and services for the wider sector.
What do you need
- Broad experience within the HE or FE sector, possibly as a lecturer or teaching assistant.
- A good understanding of the HE sector and its policy context.
- Proven ability to plan and deliver projects.
- Self-reliance and the ability to work independently.
- A commitment to collaborative working and customer satisfaction.
- Well-developed communication skills, including report-writing, facilitation and presentation.
- An innovative approach and a drive for change.
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Job Title: Research and Insight Executive
Location: Home working with your nominal office in York or London
Salary: £36,252
Introduction
Advance HE is looking for a focused and committed professional to work on the design and delivery of the portfolio of high profile student surveys we produce for the higher education sector. So if you’re passionate about your work and ready to develop and enhance our exciting offering, you’ll be sure to make your mark at Advance HE.
In return for your work, you’ll receive a superb range of benefits including:
- A generous pension with USS
- Enhanced family leave benefits
- 31 days’ annual leave plus bank holiday
- Flexible working hours
… to name just a few.
What you’ll be doing
As Research and Insight Executive, you’ll contribute to the design and delivery of our student surveys portfolio, which is currently made up of the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey, the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey and the UK Engagement Survey. You’ll be the main day-to-day contact for the 100 plus UK and international higher education institutions who participate in running these important surveys, provide any help and support they ask for, conduct analysis, write reports and present at conferences and to individual institutions.
Working with other members of the team to process the results of the surveys using SPSS and Excel VBA-based reporting, you’ll undertake dataset preparation, data processing and report production. And we’ll also expect you to contribute to the agenda for thought leadership and insight generation using the survey data, integrating this with additional information to produce reports, press releases, webinars and presentations that are rooted in the need to drive the enhancement of learning and teaching.
But your work won’t stop here – you’ll also deliver conclusions which build on the core data produced by the team, and demonstrate the value of participation in the surveys and their potential to drive positive change. We’ll also expect you to contribute to income generation across the wider Consulting, Governance and Insights team by helping to generate demand for additional analysis, develop client proposals and identify opportunities to develop the Surveys and Insights portfolio.
Who we’re looking for
With a degree or its equivalent that includes an analytical or numerical element, you’ll have well developed knowledge of quantitative survey and market research systems, and a good understanding of quantitative data processing software and processes, as well as analysis techniques using SPSS. We’ll expect you to have worked on large scale surveys in a quantitative research environment and have experience of data processing – with this in mind you’ll possess advanced knowledge of SPSS and Excel for data cleaning, processing and analysis.
Capable of presenting data and survey results to a range of external audiences, you’ll have the ability to work with a network of stakeholders and use your organisational skills to maximise their participation. A skilled report writer, you’ll also be ready to work as an inspirational member of a wider team while co-ordinating and organising activities and issues.
What you need
- The ability to manage demanding workloads while maintaining attention to detail
- A passion for higher education and its pivotal role in society
- Experience of developing productive relationships with everyone you work with
- A collaborative, supportive and motivating personal style
- A deep commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
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Job Title: Marketing Executive
Location: Hybrid working with meetings in our York office every Tuesday
Salary: £28,618
Introduction
Advance HE is looking for a customer-focused and collaborative team worker to help us implement a multi-channel marketing plan designed to increase awareness of our organisation and the exciting work we do. So if you’re passionate about your work and have a confident, collaborative and positive approach to everything you do, you’ll be sure to make your mark at Advance HE.
In return for your work, you’ll receive a superb range of benefits including:
- A generous pension with USS
- Enhanced family leave benefits
- 31 days’ annual leave plus bank holiday
- Flexible working hours
… to name just a few.
What you’ll be doing
As a Marketing Executive with Advance HE you’ll have a wide range of responsibilities – these start with working with designers and agencies to create high quality marketing collateral, including reports, toolkits, videos, podcasts and other content. Supporting our social media strategy and activities, and posting and managing the content we produce, you’ll also carry out paid marketing campaigns and make sure the testing, tracking and reporting of all our social media is accurate.
But your work won’t stop here – you’ll also project manage, build and test our emails and e-newsletters, working across a rich customer base and ensuring the success of our campaigns in support of engagement and lead generation. We’ll also expect you to confirm the accuracy of our targeted email and database marketing, and see that database maintenance and activities are correctly logged.
Search engine marketing will be another key responsibility, and will involve the optimisation of website content, implementing PPC accounts to guarantee that paid search ads have the relevant copy and links to the correct landing pages, and working on keyword campaign identification. You’ll also provide administrative support to the team, including the raising of purchase orders and processing invoices, and deal with a range of telephone, website and email enquiries.
Who we’re looking for
With a degree (or working towards one) and marketing experience, you’ll have a positive attitude that allows you to work effectively across a number of different functions and teams. A highly effective communicator with the confidence to adapt your style to suit the audience you’re addressing, you’ll be ready to work independently, undertake a high level of personal responsibility, and manage demanding workloads and deadlines while maintaining close attention to detail. We’ll also expect you to be ready to work with a high degree of discretion, and respect confidential and sensitive information.
You’ll have strong team working skills, experience of operating with databases or CRM systems, and be capable of using the full range of online and offline marketing channels. With good knowledge of working with data for audience segmentation, and capable of using content management systems and updating websites, you should possess a practical understanding of SEM and PPC. You’ll also have experience of working with external agencies, understand the power of social media marketing, and have a good eye for design. And it goes without saying that you’ll be a superb communicator and writer with high level proof-reading skills and the ability to use the MS Office suite of software.
What you need
- A positive, collaborative, supportive and motivating personal style
- A strong dedication to customer service of the highest quality
- Emotional and cultural intelligence, and well developed diplomatic and political skills
- A deep commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
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ADVANCE HE
Job Title: Senior Consultant, Leadership, Organisational Development and Research
Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months
Location: Remote
Salary: £61,716
Introduction
Advance HE is looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative and supportive client-focused professional to lead and support the design, delivery, development and maintenance of the leadership development programmes that underpin the exciting services we offer. So if you’re passionate about your work and have a confident and positive approach to everything you do, you’ll be sure to make your mark at Advance HE.
In return for your work, you’ll receive a superb range of benefits including:
- A generous pension with USS
- Enhanced family leave benefits
- 31 days’ annual leave plus bank holiday
- Flexible working hours
… to name just a few.
What you’ll be doing
Join us in this important senior role with Advance HE and you’ll have a wide range of responsibilities that centre around promoting the strategy, growth and engagement of our UK and international members by producing content and solutions relating to leadership, organisational development and research. Acting as the programme director for a suite of complex programmes and consultancy projects, you’ll engage with delivery teams and associates to produce and assure the highest quality outcomes for our members and clients.
But your work won’t stop here – you’ll deliver a number of consultancy and development solutions, designing and shaping the available options, and integrating your own areas of professional expertise with those of your colleagues. We’ll also expect you to bring your expertise to tender and proposal responses that support delivery of our strategy and growth plans, and help to build a community of practice that guarantees the quality of the benefits we offer.
You’ll have a range of additional responsibilities – these may include supporting our work through membership of relevant professional and sector networks, and acting as an Advance HE brand ambassador at national and international events. Making a major contribution to the innovation and enhancement of our products and services, and implementing recommendations and project plans, you’ll also keep up-to-speed with developments in your area of expertise, and use your insights to benefit the work we do and the services we offer.
Who we’re looking for
With a degree, a postgraduate qualification, or equivalent professional experience, you’ll have well developed knowledge of leadership development, pedagogy and the principles of effective learning, teaching and development. It’s important that you have well-developed interest in higher education, and an understanding how leadership capability can be developed through virtual and in-person delivery to a range of different audiences.
Capable of prioritising and managing your workload autonomously and meeting competing demands as part of a distributed team, you’ll possess the skills to adapt your approach and working style to meet a wide range of diverse audiences. A confident presenter, facilitator and public speaker, you’ll have the ability to develop and write high quality resources, including reports, and thought leadership. You’ll be working with sensitive information, so with this in mind you should be ready to respect the business confidentiality of all our clients and stakeholders.
What you need
- A collaborative, supportive and motivating personal style
- A deep commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Emotional and cultural intelligence, and well developed diplomatic and political skills
- A passion for HE and its pivotal role in society
- Sensitive negotiating skills and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction
- Knowledge of leadership, and leadership development
- Ideally, coaching experience, as a qualified or accredited coach
Please note we run a rolling recruiting process, which means we review applications and interview candidates on an ongoing basis and therefore we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a successful candidate is appointed.