Registry Services – Assessment Manager

REQ03593
Full Time – 1 FTE (37 hours)

£35,333 – 37,474 per annum (Additional market supplement available dependent on skills and experience)

An exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Assessment Manager has arisen here at Canterbury Christ Church University. This pivotal role will help shape the delivery of our assessment processes in our new student database. Working with motivated teams to ensure that our policies and procedures meet the needs of our stakeholders and places students front and centre of our service design, achieving this through effective and colligate administration

The Role 

The Assessments Manager will be supporting, at a management level, the central assessment team to bring consistency, enhancements and efficiencies to a number of core student processes delivered centrally and within faculties.


The role provides high level support to the Head of Assessment Administration by managing the day-to-day operational delivery of institution-wide processes, ensuring business-critical activities are delivered to agreed timescales, ensuring data quality in key processes and deputising for the Head of Assessment in their absence.

The role will work in partnership with a wide range of internal teams to support the business needs (e.g. accessing online results, reporting for boards of examiners, delivery of examination timetables).

The Person  

The post holder will work across multiple projects and workstreams, identifying and leading key areas for development and enhancement within the Assessment Teams remit. They will have proven experience of working in a related role, ideally within Higher Education, and experience in drafting policy and regulation. The post holder be confident with IT systems, including experience with complex databases. The post holder is responsible for developing and maintaining effective systems and procedures to support our stakeholders.

Ability to analysis complex data sets and produce reports reflecting these.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Highly organised and able to work flexibly under pressure to deliver results.
The ability to lead and motivate a team.
Solution focused.

The Benefits 

At Canterbury Christ Church University, we offer a wide range of discounts and benefits to our staff, including: 

A commitment to ongoing personal development 
Free eye tests through our eye care scheme 
Generous annual leave and closure days between Christmas and New Year 
An attractive pension scheme
Staff are able to purchase a TOTUM card that offers a range of retail savings,  
Talk to us about Smart working 

Sound like the perfect fit? Apply today.

Additional Information

Start date for applications: 26/09/2022  
Closing date for applications: 19/10/2022
Interviews are to be held: week commencing 31/10/2022

How to apply

To apply online or gain further details about this post please visit our Vacancies page:
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If you require further information regarding this post please feel free to contact Kathryn Goldfinch via email Kathryn Goldfinch kathryn.goldfinch@canterbury.ac.uk quoting the role reference number REQ03593

If you require further information regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at hr.recruitment@canterbury.ac.uk quoting the role reference number REQ03593

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered. Please ensure that your covering letter clearly address the essential criteria as laid out in the Job Description.

If you are invited for an interview, provided you give us your permission to do so, we may request references for you at that stage (before interview). Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.