Overall, Purpose of the Job:
- To be responsible for the provision of a high-quality disability advisory and support service,
- skilled assessment and support plans, appropriate liaison and referral to support services,
- offering advice and guidance to colleagues.
- To work with leaders in Professional Services (PS), to embed locally and University-wide a
- culture of excellent service provision and continuous improvement, placing the student
- experience at the heart of what we do, with support for a single PS team working flexibly
- across organisational boundaries.
- To work with senior colleagues in the delivery of disabilities assessment, advice, guidance
- and support and enhancing the student experience.
- To manage the work of Disability Advisers in the delivery of disability support services.
- Colleagues will be expected to work flexibly across the University and to take on
- assignments and roles as required across the organisation, using key principles of business
- partnering and collaborative working to ensure delivery of university and local priorities,
- always operating as a single cross University team
What will you get in return:
- Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
- Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
- Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
- Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Our university is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Wendy Timperley
Email: wendy.timperley@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries:
Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.
