Job Description

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.

About the Role:

To support delivery against our institutional strategies, we're pleased to offer a new opportunity for a fixed-term Schools and Colleges Evaluation Officer to join our growing Schools and Colleges Engagement Team within the Directorate of Corporate Marketing.



Working closely with the Schools and Colleges Senior Officer (Impact and Evaluation), you'll play a key role in monitoring and evaluating our outreach and student recruitment activity. This includes assessing the effectiveness of events, initiatives, and strategic partnerships with schools and colleges.

You'll help shape project-level Theory of Change and evaluation frameworks, ensuring data collection processes are accurate and compliant, and that records are clean and reliable. Using systems such as the Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT) and software including Microsoft Excel and SPSS, you'll analyse and report on data to demonstrate impact.

To thrive in this role, you'll be confident in collecting, processing and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data, and skilled at clearly communicating the value of evaluation to colleagues and partners. You'll be highly organised, proactive, and detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to embedding robust evaluation practices across our work.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative team making a meaningful difference to student outcomes and institutional impact.

The successful applicant will be based at either our Cambridge, Chelmsford, or Peterborough campus, with the option of occasional remote working. Some travel between campuses and work outside of normal office hours is expected.

At ARU, we're proud to be a university that transforms lives through education. If you're ready to join a collaborative, supportive team that values innovation and inclusion to inspire the next generation, we'd love to hear from you.



Informal enquiries can be made to Adam Powell, Schools and Colleges Senior Officer (Impact & Evaluation), at adam.powell@aru.ac.uk

This is a fixed-term position until 31 July 2026.

We expect face-to-face interviews will take place on Tuesday 2 December 2025.

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.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

This appointment is subject to an enhanced level children's and adults barred list disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.



We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.



In accordance with the UK Government's immigration points-based system, this post does not meet the characteristics of a skilled job including salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.



We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:

Please download the Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.

Job Category Administrative
Vacancy Type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Duration 7 Months
Employment Type Part time
Salary From 31,236 p.a. pro rata
Salary To 36,636 p.a. pro rata
Location Chelmsford/Cambridge/Peterborough
Faculty/Prof Service Corporate Marketing
Ref No 3711
Closing Date 16/11/2025