ABOUT ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

GUIDANCE NOTES:

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
Job Category

Administrative
Vacancy Type

Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Duration

12 months
Employment Type

Full time
Salary From

£45,163
Salary To

£55,295
Location

Chelmsford/Cambridge/Peterborough
Faculty/Prof Service

Student & Library Services
Ref No
3321
Closing Date
19/02/2025

Based within Student and Library Services, you will play a pivotal role leading the delivery of a diversity and cultural change research project within the DCC team, working closely with the Head of DCC. ARU are committed to delivering a range of challenging targets through our Access and Participation Plan (APP) to reduce the outcome gaps experienced by specific student groups. This is important work that will contribute to delivering a fairer place to study for students from a variety of backgrounds.
The university is undertaking a series of projects to advance equality. You will work closely with the team and colleagues around the university to amplify and support institutional equality work, raise awareness of student experience issues and our APP commitments. You will lead the delivery of an essential project to be delivered within your year in post, working closely with the DCC Manager to create an innovative and engaging feedback loop to gain valuable insights into the student experience at ARU.
With a minimum of a degree and/or substantial relevant experience, you will have a good understanding of diversity and cultural change themes including key concepts such as social justice and disadvantage, privilege, empathy, intersectionality, anti-racism and allyship, as well as how these concepts adapt and evolve according to the needs of different groups. You will be experienced at working independently and as part of a team to meet multiple deadlines and organise and prioritise workloads. You will be resilient and able to build good working relationships with colleagues and students to collaboratively achieve set goals, be aware of data analysis techniques, project management approaches and phases of the project lifecycle.
Informal enquiries can be made to Katie Potts, Head of Diversity and Cultural Change, at katie.potts@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.