Senior Policy Adviser

Overview

We are recruiting 2 x Senior Policy Advisers on 12-month secondments to join Education Services, within the Student Voice and Academic Policy team. These roles focus on shaping and enhancing the University’s academic regulations, student and academic policy, partnership with students and learning and teaching transformation initiatives. Postholders will be supported to develop into specialists who will provide advice to senior managers, academics, professional services and student representatives, and lead and contribute to projects that strengthen policy, regulatory practice and the student experience.

These posts will manage a varied and often complex workload, balancing multiple projects, competing priorities and deadlines. The secondment provides an opportunity for candidates with skills and related experience to take on a new challenge. Candidates may have experience from a variety of areas which may include quality and standards, curriculum development, student experience or support, student administration, academic governance or policy development.

It is an ideal opportunity to work at an institutional level, develop your regulatory and policy expertise, and gain experience of influencing change in a complex environment, while remaining closely connected to the student voice.

You are confident working with complexity and managing a busy workload that requires organisation, judgement and effective prioritisation. You have experience of working in a large or complex organisation and can demonstrate strong planning skills, attention to detail and the ability to deliver to deadlines. You bring a good understanding of the higher education environment, with experience in areas such as academic regulations, student and academic policy, teaching and learning initiatives and the student voice.

While you may not have worked across all of these areas, you have the enthusiasm, skills and curiosity to build your knowledge quickly. You are comfortable working with detailed information and producing and presenting clear reports and briefings for a range of audiences. You communicate clearly, build effective working relationships, and are able to advise and influence others with confidence.

You value collaboration, fairness and continuous improvement, take ownership of your development, and approach change in a positive, solutions-focused way.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, with vibrant campus communities that are central to student life. In this role, you’ll be based at our modern Frenchay Campus where we’ve invested in state-of-the-art facilities designed to help both staff and students succeed. You’ll spend most of your time on campus, typically 3 days per week, with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges. We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

Add your individuality to ours. UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We’re part of a vibrant, multicultural city and welcome talented people from all backgrounds. Diversity is our strength, enhancing creativity, decision‑making, and problem‑solving. Join our supportive community and thrive. We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role, please contact Nicky Wisdom and Nick Biggs at email:  and  Interviews are scheduled to…