Head of Research, Analytics and Curriculum Planning

About us

The UCL Strategic Plan 2022-2027 outlines a vision for a ‘futures focussed’ UCL education that is ambitious and distinctive. One of the aims of the Plan is to bring together teaching, assessment and employability in order to support student futures. To that end, the new ‘UCL Higher Education Development & Support Institute’ (HEDS) was established in 2024.

About the role

In this job you’ll be one of three senior managers within the HEDS Development & Planning team. You’ll work with your counterparts (Head of Business Development and Head of Student Partnerships) as well as the Associate Director, Development & Planning in order to identify and amplify the synergies between the three functions to maximise coherence, efficiencies and the sharing of best practice. This will facilitate a two-way flow of information between Development & Planning, the wider HEDS team, and UCL more broadly.

You will lead your team to provide administrative support, and strategic leadership of systems management and planning, research, data analytics and reporting across HEDS. The role will also lead the day to day operational running of the HEDS office, ensuring relevant systems and processes are fit for purpose.

A full range of duties can be found on the attached job description.

About you

To do this job you’ll need a degree or equivalent work experience and substantial experience of project management, including planning, stakeholder management, delivering against target and evaluating impact. You’ll be adept at analysing quantitative and qualitative data to monitor activity and ensure continuous quality improvement, and experience of managing change in a complex organisation.

You’ll also have substantial experience of writing reports and recommendations for senior colleagues and overseeing administrative processes. You’ll be highly IT literate, able to utilise systems effectively, and be familiar with the data and data collection methods used in Higher Education.

Please review the job description before applying, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your application.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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