Assistant Head of Educational Partnerships (Relationship Management)

Bath Spa University; Newton St. Loe; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Bath Spa University is seeking an Assistant Head of Educational Partnerships to lead the management of educational partnerships. This role involves overseeing partnership processes, implementing strategies, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. The successful candidate will have a strong background in academic administration and project management, with opportunities for international travel.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced paid leave

Family friendly policies

Employee Assistance Programme

Transport schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in academic quality and programme development.
• Managerial experience with line management responsibilities.
• Understanding of higher education processes and regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management of educational partnerships and agent communications.
• Implement University’s procedures for partnership publicity and marketing.
• Organise events and training opportunities related to educational partners.

Skills

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Project management

Marketing

Communication

Education

Postgraduate qualification or equivalent

Job description

Application Deadline: 8 June 2025

Department: Centre for Educational Partnerships

Location: Bath, Somerset - Newton Park

Compensation: Grade 8S - Starting from £44,128 rising to £46,735 per annum

Description

We are seeking an Assistant Head of Educational Partnerships (Relationship Management) to join our friendly and busy Centre for Educational Partnerships in leading the overall management and coordination of educational partnerships on behalf of the University.

This leadership role will provide key support to the Head of Educational Partnerships in streamlining the day-to-day operations, resources, policies, procedures and longer-term planning within the Centre to implement the objectives of the University’s Educational Partnerships Strategy.

About the Role

As Assistant Head of Educational Partnerships (Relationship Management), you will play a key role in overseeing all aspects of Centre for Educational Partnerships owned processes and procedures for the management of programmes with partners, particularly in the areas of educational partnership and agent communications, social media, marketing and PR; implementing the University’s procedures and guidance for approval of partnership publicity and marketing materials; carrying out regular audits of partner’s digital and print publicity and marketing materials and supporting the University’s professional services departments and academic Schools in the day-to-day running of academic programmes with franchise, validated, TNE and other educational partners and agents. You will have a particular focus on the early stages of initial partner proposals and onboarding of new partners, building rapport early on and establishing a communications and meetings framework that includes all relevant internal and external stakeholders, as well as being responsible for organising events and training opportunities related to educational partners on behalf of the Centre and the University.

This is an exciting time for the Centre for Educational Partnerships and the University as we implement our Educational Partnerships Strategy and the Assistant Head of Educational Partnerships (Relationship Management) will contribute to developing and implementing our framework for partner management, working always to foster good relations with current and prospective educational partnerships, while ensuring operational planning is effective and deadlines are met, both by partners and University departments and within the Centre team.

As part of your role within the Centre, the Assistant Head of Educational Partnerships (Relationship Management) will develop and maintain a website and social media presence for educational partnerships, as well as lead on communication of key strategic decisions to University operational teams to ensure effective delivery of actions and objectives. There will be opportunities to travel internationally, and the role will require regular travel to UK partners. The role is hybrid and you will normally be expected to spend a minimum of 40% of your time at either the main University campus at Newton Park, unless travel to partners in each week dictates otherwise.

About You

• Experience of working within an academic quality, programme development, academic delivery, academic administration, or similar context within a relevant setting.
• Experience in a manager role with line management responsibilities within a relevant setting.
• Understanding of the higher education environment and processes, as well as familiarity with the purpose and remit of the various regulatory bodies, such as the Office for Students (OfS).
• Experience of working in a marketing, communications and PR environment, or similar.
• In-depth understanding of project management processes and experience managing complex projects and workstreams in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working with further education and/or private providers in the education sector, or partnership working in a relevant sector, including franchised or validated delivery of HE programmes.
• General knowledge of the wider higher education landscape and its professional and regulatory context, including national and international trends and innovations in learning and teaching and awareness of the funding environment and current and emerging government policy.
• Demonstrable excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills, with an ability to successfully influence and negotiate with stakeholders.
• A postgraduate qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of quality assurance and enhancement processes in higher education.
  

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

Additional Information

Salary Grade 8S - Starting from £ 44,128 rising to £ 46,735 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.

This is a Full Time position

• The post holder will be expected to undertake frequent UK and occasional international travel to University partners and prospective partners, at times on a weekly basis.
  
  
• The post holder will normally be expected to spend a minimum of 40% of their working week at the main University campus at Newton Park or Bath Spa University London, unless travel to partners in each week dictates otherwise.
  

Interview Date - 18th June 2025

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.