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:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Statutory Returns & Reporting Officer to join our Business Intelligence Service (BIS) team, working on the preparation and submission of our statutory returns and delivering high quality, accurate and timely statutory data in collaboration with key stakeholders. You will drive continuous improvement in business and systems processes to meet new and changing statutory requirements and to ensure a robust basis for performance insights and strategic decision making.



You will have advanced problem-solving and analytical skills, as well as effective communication and interpersonal skills, excellent IT skills and the resilience and flexibility to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.



You will have significant experience of working in a Higher Education environment and of HESA-related data. In particular, experience in producing, interpreting, and reporting statistical data and working with complex data sets.



To be successful in this role you will have a degree and appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role or be part qualified in a relevant professional qualification and appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development.



Informal enquiries can be made to Jason Archontides, Statutory Returns Manager at jason.archontides@aru.ac.uk,



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.

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.

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 Permanent
Employment Type Full time
Salary From 38,249
Salary To 44,128
Location Chelmsford/Cambridge
Faculty/Prof Service Strategic Planning and Performance
Ref No 3550
Closing Date 16/07/2025