Job Description

Rankings and Accreditations Manager

Department:

School of Management

Salary:

Starting from 38,249, rising to 45,413

Contract Type:

Full-Time, Open Ended

Closing date:

Sunday 06 July 2025

Reference:

AS12786

The?School of Management is seeking to appoint a Rankings and Accreditation Manager to oversee these vital areas of the School's strategy. The role holder will work closely with the Dean and other members of the School's Executive Board, is based inside the wider Dean's Office and will lead a small, dedicated team of two Rankings and Accreditation Officers and a part-time Data Officer.

The School of Management (SoM) is one of four faculties at the University of Bath and benefits from being located on the edge of the UNESCO world-heritage City of Bath. As one of the UK's leading Business Schools the SoM is located in an impressive new building with state-of-the-art resources and offers the full range of academic courses: undergraduate (BSc); pre-experience master's (MSc); post-experience master's (MBA); both research and professional doctoral qualifications (PhD and DBA), and tailored executive education options for both individuals and organisations. The School of Management is consistently ranked among the best schools in the United Kingdom for undergraduate business education. For example, in the latest (2025) Complete University Guide, the School ranks 1st in Marketing (for the seventh year running), 2nd in Business and Management, and 2nd in Accounting and Finance. In addition, the School's research ranked 7th nationally in the latest (2021) Research Excellence Framework. Accredited by both EQUIS and AMBA and in progress for ACCSB accreditation, the School of Management is committed to delivering exceptional education and driving impactful research in the field of business management.

The role has two complementary parts:

1. Working with the Dean and Director of Accreditations, the post holder will plan and project manage the School's submissions to the main accreditation bodies. This will include securing the School's first AACSB accreditation and the renewal of our EQUIS and AMBA accreditations as well as programme-level accreditations such as ACCA, CFA etc.

2. Working within the Dean, Associate Dean International and the School's rankings group the post holder will: gather data and play a critical role in data submissions to rankings organisations; conduct in-depth analysis of the key rankings, monitor and critically analyse the School's and competitors' ranking performance and create timely reports based on these analyses.

Much of the data required by the rankings organisations is also required by the accreditation bodies so there is cross-over in the two areas of work. In fulfilling these functions, the post holder will foster and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues across the School of Management and with key personnel in the rankings and accreditation bodies.

This is an exciting, busy and varied role which requires the post holder to have excellent communication, organisational and managerial skills. The role holder will also need to demonstrate strong analytical skills when collecting and presenting data in addition to those of project management.

The School of Management offers flexible, hybrid working where you can work from home for a couple of days a week. For an informal discussion, please contact the Head of the Dean's Office, Jenny Armstrong.

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What we can offer you

- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- several support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, and Interest-Free Loan

Equal Opportunity

We aim to be an inclusive 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, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 38,249.00-45,413.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: AS12786