Senior Assessment Officer

The University of Law is seeking a Senior Assessment Officer to provide dedicated operational support for the Bar Practice Course (BPC), one of the University's most highly regulated programmes.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in supporting regulatory compliance, assessment assurance and stakeholder engagement for a programme subject to enhanced oversight from the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Working within the Student Records & Assessment team, you will coordinate complex assessment activities, maintain regulatory evidence, support external examiner engagement and provide the operational oversight required to ensure the University continues to meet its regulatory obligations.

You will work closely with academic colleagues, external examiners and senior stakeholders across the University, helping to deliver assessment processes that are compliant, well evidenced and responsive to regulatory requirements.

The role can be based from any campus for hybrid working (can be flexible) or can be fully remote.

job description

As our Senior Assessment Officer, you will:

• Act as a key operational contact for BPC assessment and regulatory activities.

• Coordinate engagement with BSB-appointed External Examiners, ensuring information requests, actions and deadlines are managed effectively.

• Maintain regulatory evidence repositories and ensure assessment documentation is complete, accurate and readily available.

• Monitor and track sampling, moderation and assessment assurance activities to support regulatory compliance.

• Produce bespoke reports, statistics and supporting evidence required by regulatory bodies and external examiners.

• Coordinate regulatory actions, deadlines and assurance activities, identifying risks and escalating issues where appropriate.

• Work collaboratively with academic colleagues and senior stakeholders to support programme approvals, regulatory reviews and assessment delivery.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of assessment and compliance processes within Student Records & Assessment.

Is this you?:

• Experience managing complex administrative processes within a busy and fast-paced environment.

• Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple competing deadlines.

• Experience of working with detailed data, reporting and evidence management.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to work with senior colleagues and external partners.

• A proactive and methodical approach, with excellent attention to detail.

• The ability to identify risks, solve problems and ensure actions are progressed to completion.

• Experience within higher education, quality assurance, compliance or regulatory environments would be advantageous.

Why join us?

Along with a starting salary of £32,000 you’ll enjoy:

• We provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days

• Private Medical Scheme and Life Assurance

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Opportunity for professional development, including course sponsorship and fee discounts

• Season Ticket Loans and Student Discounts

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Alice Leather by emailing alice.leather@law.ac.uk

We're flexible too. This role can be adapted for part-time, job-sharing and other flexible work arrangements, including a mix of on-site and remote working, depending on business needs.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive community

We are committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population. We actively seek to increase representation across all backgrounds and identities, and we provide support and adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

For more information, please contact talentacquisition@law.ac.uk.

Please note: For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

Some posts within the University are subject to a DBS check - you will be notified of this during the application process.