Senior Academic Quality & Standards Officer (FM

Are you passionate about improving the quality of education in UK higher education? Do you thrive on collaboration, problem-solving, and making a real impact through policy and process? If you're ready to take the next step in your academic administration career, we’d love to hear from you.

Academic Registry is a central professional service at the heart of university life. We’re looking for an Academic Quality and Standards Officer to join our team and help shape the future of learning and teaching through expert guidance, policy development, and operational excellence.

About the role

In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering core academic quality assurance and standards activities. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the University, providing expert advice and support on internal and external regulatory requirements. You’ll contribute to strategic projects, support committees, and help ensure our policies and processes are clear, effective, and student- and staff-friendly.

You’ll be confident making evidence-based recommendations and committed to seeing change through from idea to implementation. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your expertise across a wide range of quality assurance areas, with an initial focus on course approval and course change.

Key Responsibilities

Provide expert guidance to academic, administrative, and professional service colleagues on quality assurance and academic standards.Contribute to strategic and operational projects and cyclical education processes.Deliver high-level secretariat support for university committees and working groups.Produce clear, accessible reports and documentation to support internal decision-making and meet external requirements.Create staff- and student-facing information that demystifies policy and process.

About you

You’re someone who’s already familiar with the regulatory landscape and key considerations in UK higher education—and you’re keen to deepen your sector expertise. You bring a collaborative and consultative approach to your work, and are motivated by continuous improvement and making a meaningful impact.

You’ll be confident in making evidence-based recommendations and decisions, and seeing them through from idea to implementation and monitoring. You’re passionate about providing excellent support to colleagues across the University, and you use your communication skills—both written and verbal—to offer clear, accessible advice, guidance, and training to staff and students alike.

You’ll also bring:

Excellent organisational and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail.Ability to manage projects and deliver outcomes independently.Confidence in working with data and producing clear, insightful reports.Experience in higher education administration, ideally including committee support.A proactive approach to learning and applying new concepts and systems.

Further information

Our team works in a hybrid pattern, with a minimum of one day a week on campus (currently Wednesdays), and flexible on-campus availability depending on weekly activities.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Gitte Sparding ([email protected]) or Sascha Athey ([email protected]).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

Free counselling services through Health AssuredCycle to work schemeElectric vehicle salary sacrifice schemeStaff discount at Team Bath gymStaff discounts on postgraduate tuition feesStaff discount on language coursesGenerous employer contributory pension schemesGenerous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balanceA wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and moreFree entry to the Holburne Museum in BathLocal discounts and moreA family-friendly workplace An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforceRelocation allowanceVisa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

                                         

Closing Date: 11 Jan 2026

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049