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Disability Services Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 31 Mai 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | £36,725 i £39,800 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | (for exceptional performers, there is scope for further progression up to £50,600 per annum) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Mehefin 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Derby, Derbyshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | University of Derby |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 0218-24 |
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Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an exceptional place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work.
Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.
Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years.
We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff.
Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.
About Student Services
Student Services at the University of Derby is committed to providing the best possible support to our students, to enhance the student experience, to help students achieve their full potential and to meet the strategic aims of the University. These services are central to the student experience they are visible, seamless, effective and tailored to the needs of our student community.
About the role
You will be working with the Deputy Head of Student Services (Disability) and will provide operational disability management across the team of disability advisers providing a depth and breadth of disability expertise, management, advice, and guidance. You will support the Deputy Head to embed inclusive practice and to enhance the experience, engagement, and learning outcomes of disabled students.
You will also work closely with the Student Support Manager and collaborate on uniting the two services and ensure a smooth and barrier-free experience for disabled students. You will work collaboratively with a range of academic and support staff across the university in facilitating support and access to all aspects of university life for students with disabilities.
What we need you to bring to the team
You will possess excellent knowledge of the statutory, regulatory and legislative frameworks that apply to student disability support and a sound understanding of the challenges of working within Student Services. You will have significant and demonstrable experience of leading, managing, motivating and developing a professional service team(s) to achieve organisational aims and will be able to demonstrate the ability to work to budget within a given framework of resource.
You will be successful at building highly effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues and adopt an insightful and pragmatic approach to the management of operations across the Disability Service and wider Student Services.
Interview date - 27th June 2024
For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Chris Ross, Deputy Head of Student Services - Disability via c.ross2@derby.ac.uk
For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers under the Skilled Worker route for this role; however, applications are welcome from candidates who are able to demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Please visit Applying from Overseas - How to apply for a job at the University of Derby - University of Derby for more information.
If you are successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The post for which you are applying is exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 requiring any spent convictions to be declared. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used when considering your suitability for the post.
To enable us to process your DBS check please ensure you are able to supply the documentation listed on the DBS website at interview stage.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.
Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.
Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years.
We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff.
Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.
About Student Services
Student Services at the University of Derby is committed to providing the best possible support to our students, to enhance the student experience, to help students achieve their full potential and to meet the strategic aims of the University. These services are central to the student experience they are visible, seamless, effective and tailored to the needs of our student community.
About the role
You will be working with the Deputy Head of Student Services (Disability) and will provide operational disability management across the team of disability advisers providing a depth and breadth of disability expertise, management, advice, and guidance. You will support the Deputy Head to embed inclusive practice and to enhance the experience, engagement, and learning outcomes of disabled students.
You will also work closely with the Student Support Manager and collaborate on uniting the two services and ensure a smooth and barrier-free experience for disabled students. You will work collaboratively with a range of academic and support staff across the university in facilitating support and access to all aspects of university life for students with disabilities.
What we need you to bring to the team
You will possess excellent knowledge of the statutory, regulatory and legislative frameworks that apply to student disability support and a sound understanding of the challenges of working within Student Services. You will have significant and demonstrable experience of leading, managing, motivating and developing a professional service team(s) to achieve organisational aims and will be able to demonstrate the ability to work to budget within a given framework of resource.
You will be successful at building highly effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues and adopt an insightful and pragmatic approach to the management of operations across the Disability Service and wider Student Services.
Interview date - 27th June 2024
For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Chris Ross, Deputy Head of Student Services - Disability via c.ross2@derby.ac.uk
For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers under the Skilled Worker route for this role; however, applications are welcome from candidates who are able to demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Please visit Applying from Overseas - How to apply for a job at the University of Derby - University of Derby for more information.
If you are successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The post for which you are applying is exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 requiring any spent convictions to be declared. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used when considering your suitability for the post.
To enable us to process your DBS check please ensure you are able to supply the documentation listed on the DBS website at interview stage.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.