Job role:

We have an exciting position of ‘Deputy Data Manager – Enrolments’ to join our Data team within Activate Learning.

As part of this role, you will manage a team to ensure that our data collection requirements are met efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis and that we submit accurate and auditable student data to our funding bodies. You will facilitate crucial lines of communication between the Data team and colleagues throughout the College to help achieve our goals. In addition to this, you will support the training and performance management of the Data Officers within the Enrolment team.

This is a permanent, full time role with the potential to be based at any of our Oxford, Banbury, Reading or Guildford campuses.

What do you need to be successful in this role?

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in managing a team within an office environment, preferably in an educational setting.
You will need to have excellent attention to detail and experience of working with large amounts of data.  Knowledge of funding and audit within the education sector would be an advantage.

The data you record will support internal performance monitoring so an ability to understand the connection between data recording and reporting output will be crucial.

You will work closely with the Group Data Manager to evolve the Activate Learning service standards to ensure they are met and exceeded.

What are the benefits of this role?

You will join the Institutional Effectiveness team within Activate Learning where we provide support to our Faculty colleagues to allow them to focus on improving the student journey. You will find the environment to be progressive and evolving which enables us to change in order to meet the demands of the sector.

What are the benefits of working for Activate Learning Group? 

At Activate Learning, we see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.

We offer a buddy system, a comprehensive induction module and a close-knit community of experts and leaders across the Group to support the sharing of best practice and encourage individual growth. We have extensive technology in place to develop digital capability and flexible working arrangements will be considered for the right candidate.

When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone. Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself.

Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive.

We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application form.

Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.

Applications are encouraged from all candidates meeting or exceeding the minimum criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion or ethnicity.

Activate Learning are committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage please contact the talent team directly.

If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any partner or employee of our company, you should be aware that they have no authority to enter into an arrangement with you. Should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our preferred suppliers list, and we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers.