Overview
Job Title: Timetabling Manager
Salary: Commencing at £34,347 with progression to £36,437 per annum
About the Role
What You Will Do
- Responsible for building and maintaining the academic teaching timetable, liaising with academic curriculum teams to elicit detailed teaching delivery and resource requirements
- Manage the centralised room booking system for practice and study spaces, monitoring and developing booking procedures as necessary.
- Lead on drawing up the annual schedule of activities and their associated deadlines, culminating in the publication of student and staff timetables
- Be the expert on the timetabling and room booking software used by the organisation (for example Celcat and/or Tribal SITS)
- Line manager responsibility for the timetabling administrator and a room booking assistant
About You
- Previous experience of using timetabling software such as Celcat and/or Tribal SITS and, ideally, in academic timetabling within a Higher Education setting
- Proven experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Outlook, Office 365 and Teams, and an aptitude to learn new IT systems and software packages quickly.
- Previous experience in working in a similar role
- Experience of defining and working accurately with large sets of complex data
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work with staff at all levels and provide excellent customer service.
Benefits
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:
- Annual leave entitlement – If you work full time, you’ll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
- Academic 37 days
- Senior Management 37 days
- Generous Pension schemes
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Memberships and discounts – employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- Travel and commuting – discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
- Learning and development opportunities – including staff development days
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities – this will vary depending on role requirements
About Us
At University Centre Leeds, we provide a supportive higher education environment designed to promote and enhance independent learning. We have access to industry standard equipment unique to many of our subject areas. These range from our makeup studios to practical science labs.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. Choosing to work for University Centre Leeds means that you will be part of an inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to University Centre Leeds.
We are proud to be the highest rated for student satisfaction in Leeds for the third year running (National Student Survey 2022).
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
