Assessments and Awards Manager

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead a newly formed Assessment and Awards team, delivering a high‑quality, student‑focused service. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across the full assessment lifecycle, ensuring efficient, compliant processes aligned with university regulations and external requirements, working closely with academic and professional services colleagues across the university.

The role includes the development and continuous improvement of assessment and awards processes, data management and reporting, and providing expert guidance on complex issues. You will lead and develop a high‑performing team, oversee assessment activity, the timely conferment of awards, and manage key activities such as graduation ceremonies. As part of the Academic Services Leadership Team, you will contribute to policy development, institutional projects and the strategic development of the service.

You will be an experienced higher education professional with strong expertise in assessment and academic administration, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to service excellence and continuous improvement. Highly organised and detail‑focused, you will be confident managing competing priorities, building strong stakeholder relationships, and influencing change. You will have strong leadership and staff development capabilities and experience of leading a team.

The Assessments and Awards Team is part of the Academic Registry Department within Academic Services. Academic Services creates an enabling academic environment, which shares expertise, builds capabilities and inspires stakeholders through sector leading, user‑centred processes and outstanding service delivery.

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

BU values an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

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