Jobs at University of Birmingham

Leads strategic commissioning, supplier and contract management, evaluation, and financial oversight for externally delivered learning and development programmes. Manages an approximately £5 million annual budget, develops procurement specifications and evaluation frameworks, assesses value for money, monitors supplier performance, and advises university stakeholders on workforce capability investments. Uses data, financial analysis, benchmarking, and sector intelligence to improve learning outcomes, quality, and organisational impact.

Supports Oracle HCM Cloud functionality across HR and payroll processes. Responsibilities include Level 2 incident resolution, system configuration, data integrity, position and schedule maintenance, report development, release and regression testing, test documentation, ServiceNow coordination, process documentation, and end-user training support.

Develops and delivers strategic research communications for an academic portfolio, increasing research visibility, reputation, and impact. Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, communications planning, media relations, content commissioning, event promotion, performance analysis, budget management, crisis communications support, and advice to academics. The role collaborates across the university and with external partners, funders, media, and senior stakeholders to promote research excellence and support recruitment, public affairs, alumni relations, and internal communications.

Provides senior administrative support for international education programmes, including timetabling, student onboarding, attendance monitoring, records management, examinations, progression, reporting, quality assurance, and committee support. The role advises academic staff, manages complex administrative systems and data, supports compliance and continual improvement, delivers excellent service to students and stakeholders, and may supervise or coach team members.

Supports research project delivery across the Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute, including project planning, milestone and risk tracking, data collection, reporting, stakeholder engagement, budget monitoring, recruitment, and grant administration. The role also coordinates events, communications, employment contracts, and institute activities; manages one part-time administrator; and provides guidance to staff and students. It requires initiative, analytical ability, strong IT skills, and effective collaboration with academic, external, and public stakeholders.

Provides administrative support for teaching and learning activities in the School of Engineering, including admissions, induction, timetabling, attendance, examinations, progression, placements and graduation. Acts as a first point of contact for students, staff and external providers, resolves or escalates queries, produces routine reports, supports events and committees, and contributes to programme reviews and process improvements.

Leads a professional services team delivering administrative support for teaching, learning, and research activities. Oversees academic-cycle administration, regulatory compliance, quality audits, reporting, process improvement, and student experience initiatives. Manages recruitment, performance, development, workload planning, and service delivery standards. Collaborates with academic leaders and professional services colleagues, supports education-related projects, resolves operational issues, and contributes to institutional committees and working groups.

Leads education support teams and oversees teaching and learning administration, regulatory compliance, reporting, quality control, process improvement, student experience, and staff recruitment and development. The role coordinates academic and professional services stakeholders, manages education-related projects, resolves operational issues, and ensures effective service delivery across the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Leads the College of Medicine and Health research support team, overseeing pre-award support, research development, proposal drafting, budgeting, compliance, due diligence, grant setup, and contract negotiation. The role manages approximately 25 professionals, develops research-support processes, monitors performance, leads strategic partnerships, supports complex agreements, and promotes staff development, equality, and continuous service improvement across the University.