Academic Manager - Moorgate Campus

Central Law Training; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in London is seeking an Academic Manager to lead the team of lecturers. This role entails staff management, ensuring high teaching standards, and participating in the development of academic courses. The ideal candidate will have considerable experience in Higher Education and a strong background in people management.

Benefits

Private Medical Scheme

Life Assurance

Contributory Pension Scheme

Training and Qualifications

Generous annual leave entitlement of 35 days

Season Ticket Loans

Student Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in Higher Education is required.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and develop staff.
• Enthusiastic self-starter and effective role model for academic staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the academic team, ensuring high-quality learning.
• Optimize staff and resource allocation on campus.
• Motivate and develop lecturers to enhance their academic profiles.

Skills

People Management

Teaching Experience

Change Management

Staff Motivation

Education

Qualification as a solicitor or barrister

Minimum of 3 years PQE

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an Academic Manager to join us on a permanent basis in our London Moorgate campus.

Reporting to the Head of Lecturers, you will be responsible for the leadership, management and development of our team of lecturers.

We are looking for an experienced educational professional with a genuine passion for quality and excellence, who has a demonstrative ability of managing people, including the recruitment, induction and day to day line management of lecturers.

As an Academic Manager at The University of Law, you will:

• People manage, including performance management, PDR’s, absent management and career development
• Establish effective use and apportionment of staff resource and the optimisation of Campus resource allocation in liaison with the Campus Dean
• Develop, monitor and upkeep the quality performance of the academic team, delivering sector leading quality results
• Motivate and develop the team which includes raising their external academic and professional profile.
• Ensure high levels of learning and teaching quality on Campus and ensuring outstanding student and client experience
• Liaise with Programme and Student Leads to provide academic staff resource to contribute to the development and delivery of courses.

We are looking for individuals who are/have:

• Considerable experience of teaching in Higher Education
• Qualification as a solicitor or barrister or other relevant qualification with minimum of 3 years PQE
• Interested in people management, specifically change management, staff motivation and development
• Enthusiastic self-starter, who can lead by example and be an effective role model for academic staff
• Able to weave your own experience in practice and/or Higher Education into teaching; ensuring that students benefit from an outstanding student experience.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact [e-mail]

About Us & Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, we provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 35 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes:

• Private Medical Scheme and Life Assurance
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Training and Qualifications (including Course Sponsorship/Fee Discount)
• Season Ticket Loans and Student Discounts

Our Approach

At The University of Law, you will work alongside other like-minded professionals who are passionate about driving innovation in higher education and delivering successful outcomes for our students

Diversity, Inclusion and Flexible Working:

We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population, striving to increase the representation of age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background of our employees.

We’re also committed to providing adjustments to those who may require support with the recruitment process - please contact the ULaw Talent Acquisition Team via [e-mail]

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following linkRight to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Some posts within the University are subject to a DBS check - you will be notified of this during the application process.