Head of Educational Enhancement and Impact

University of Staffordshire - Curriculum and Academic Affairs

Location:	Stoke-on-Trent
Salary:	£68,529 to £72,691
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Permanent
Placed On:	23rd March 2026
Closes:	13th April 2026
Job Ref:	GSe131192

About the role

You will be the University lead for educational enhancement initiatives to enable staff to design and deliver high quality curricula, learning and teaching, and evaluate impact.

Main Responsibilities

You will:

• Develop and deliver educational enhancement approaches and activities to support academic and curriculum development and contribute to high quality student experience and outcomes.
• Develop and implement an educational evaluation framework including mechanisms to gather evidence for, and evaluate, continuous improvement (e.g. student surveys).
• Coordinate institutional planning, monitoring and reporting in relation to educational enhancement, including regulatory requirements such as the Access and Participation Plan and Teaching Excellence Framework.
• Lead and manage the Educational Enhancement and Impact team and budget.
• Provide expert strategic advice to the University on sector developments relating to educational enhancement and impact.
• Represent the University with relevant sector bodies and networks (e.g. Advance HE).

You will also be a key member of the Senior Management Team of the Curriculum and Academic Affairs directorate, which also comprises Quality Assurance, Regulations and Compliance, and Registry, and may deputise for the Executive Director as required. 

Contact For Informal Discussion:

Dr Clare Saunders, Executive Director of Curriculum and Academic Affairs - contact clare.saunders@staffs.ac.uk or 07741 684747

How to apply

University of Staffordshire has engaged the services of Gatenby Sanderson, to whom applications should be sent at your earliest convenience but no later than 9.00am on Monday 13 April 2026. 

For an informal conversation regarding the role, please contact Jacqueline Lau (Jacqueline.lau@gatenbysanderson.com).

To view the job description and person specification and to apply for the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. All applications will receive an automated response. All candidates will be invited to complete a voluntary online Diversity Monitoring Form. This will assist University of Staffordshire in monitoring selection decisions to assess whether equality of opportunity is being achieved. Any information collated from the forms will not be used as part of the selection process and will be treated as strictly confidential.