Academic Quality and Programme Development Officer - Maternity Cover

☞ Swansea University

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Swansea Wales

Category: Education / Training

Industry: Education

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Main Purpose of the Post


Academic Quality and Programme Development Officer will:

  • Report to the Academic Quality and Programme Development Lead and to deputise for them when
  • Manage staff within the Academic Quality Team to ensure delivery of effective quality systems and
  • Deliver and promote robust quality assurance policies and standard operating procedures to ensure the programmes delivered by the Schools within the Faculty, provide a high quality student and staff experience in line with internal and external requirements.
  • Review and maintain a range of administrative processes and procedural documentation to ensure practices and processes are fully compliant with University regulations and procedures at all times and comply with QAA
  • Work closely with the relevant professional service units and academies across the University
  • Support the process of student complaints, appeals, disciplinary cases and fitness to practice.
  • Provide general support and advice to Programme Directors particularly in relation to the quality review processes such as Quality Review, Annual Programme Review, Module Review and associated action plans.
  • Support the process of preparing documentation for new programmes to be submitted to the Programme Approval Committee. Ensuring these are accurate, auditable and produced to a high professional
  • In consultation with the Academic Quality and Programme Development Lead, oversee the promotion of good academic practice and the processing of academic misconduct
  • Ensure professional liaison and interaction with relevant external bodies, including (PSRBs) to meet the requirements of existing accreditation and support new applications
  • In consultation with the Academic Quality and Programme Development Lead produce and distribute staff and student handbooks /guides in a range of formats in support of programme/quality related information. This will include liaising with central and academic staff to manage the accuracy and content of the material covered.
  • Assist the Academic Quality and Programme Development Lead in the process of module
  • Be responsible for the update and accuracy of module and programme maintenance, the monitoring and processing of new modules, programme rules and
  • To service formal committees and related working groups as required
  • Regularly deliver staff training and development events for academics and professional services, to communicate policy, strategy and regulation changes in relation to QA processes.
  • To support the Academic Quality and Programme Development Lead in the development and implementation of common administrative systems and policies across Schools and the wider
  • Provide high quality administrative support for any specialist or collaborative
  • Work with cross Faculty professional services teams to create the Student Academic Cycle/planner in relation to quality processes.
  • To work closely with the Academic Quality and Programme Development Lead to support the production of the teaching timetable in conjunction the Central Timetable team.
  • Support the academic quality and programme development lead with the development of service user activities across the Faculty sites.
  • Contribute to a culture of change and continuous service improvement within the Faculty

Leadership Values


All Professional Services areas at Swansea University operate to a defined set of Core

Values: Professional services values and it is an expectation that everyone is able to demonstrate a commitment to these values from the point of application through to the day to day delivery of their roles. Commitment to our values at Swansea University supports us in promoting equality and valuing diversity to utilise all the talent that we have.

In addition you will operate to a defined set of Leadership Values:


We are Professional

We develop ourselves and our teams through continued professional development, and use feedback to improve. We create a culture that delivers successful outcomes through people, supporting, developing and challenging our teams to succeed. We involve our people in developing a vision for the future and in enabling innovation and change, improving University, team and individual performance.

We Work Together

We enable our teams to work together and across functions to deliver successful outcomes that exceed the needs and expectations of our customers. We are responsible for creating environments that demonstrate equality, foster trust, respect and challenge. We are accountable for providing clarity and direction, communicating the “big picture” and harnessing ideas and opportunities to achieve the University’s vision.


We care

We create environments that identify, understand and give priority to delivering the needs of the University Community (our students, colleagues, external partners and the public). We motive and inspire our teams to provide the highest standards of personalised care and in doing so uphold the Swansea University brand.


Additional Information


Informal Enquiries - Sian Hoskins - S.K.Hoskins@swansea.ac.uk

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.


Job Reference: AC04877
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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