Product Coordinator (Curriculum)
£28,000 - £32,000 per annum + competitive benefits
Permanent, Full time
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Hybrid working with occasional travel into one of our UK locations
- Manchester
- Leeds
- Birmingham
- Coventry
The Opportunity:
At Arden University, we pride ourselves on being true innovators, disruptors and pioneers, our focus is to promote life-long learning and ensure that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
We are currently recruiting a Curriculum Product Coordinator (Curriculum) to join our Academic - Learning and Teaching team who will manage the coordination of new study programmes and course maintenance requests from idea to implementation, handling a portfolio of programmes at any one time. You'll co-ordinate and control the development of new programmes ensuring they are delivered to time, budget and quality.
As a Product Coordinator (Curriculum) will work in a matrix management model to deliver results through multiple teams across the University. They will ensure that University policy and procedures are upheld, and regulatory concerns are escalated and resolved.
Working closely with Academic Heads of School, Head of Portfolio Development, Director of Library Services and Director of Digital Learning, they will ensure proposed new programmes are presented to the Portfolio Management Group with all of the relevant information to enable them to make informed decisions on progression.
About You:
We would like to hear from applicants who has experience of product management or curriculum development in organisation-wide size projects. Often involving a range of technology/digital intervention.
Experience of different sets of tools and approaches to deliver change, including Project Management methodologies and techniques, product management, Agile delivery and prioritisation methods.
Check out more in our job description above!
Why Arden:
At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:
- 30 days holiday, add the bank holiday on top, and we even throw in Christmas closure
- A generous Aviva pension plan, our contributions start at 7%
- PMI or Healthcare Cashback (dependent on role grade)
- Study any Arden course for free, with generous discount for all family and friends
- Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
- Plus, other competitive benefits!
Arden’s values:
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.
Closing Date: Sunday 14th of April 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we recognise, and studies confirm, that often underrepresented candidates in the work place are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet all skills and experience of the position.
At Arden we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, therefore we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon age, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, or pregnancy, and actively welcome applications from all groups.
So, if you want to be part of Arden and our journey, but you feel that you’re missing some of the skills or experience the role requires, then we encourage you to apply anyway as you may make a great candidate for this role or others!