Overview
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Employment type: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Reporting into: Arden Enterprise Incubator Lead
Department: Academic Office
This role operates on a hybrid working arrangement that will require 3 days travel into our Campuses. This may fluctuate in line with business requirements. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.
Travel will be required into the following locations:
* Coventry head office
* Birmingham campus
* Leeds campus
* Nottingham campus
* Manchester campus
* London area (Ealing, Holborn & Stratford)
About Arden University
We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.
About our Department
The Academic Office at Arden University plays an important role in supporting academic governance, quality assurance, and student success. The department oversees key processes such as programme validation and approval, policy development, regulatory compliance, and assessment management.
Working closely with faculties, professional services, and external regulatory bodies, the Academic Office ensures that Arden’s academic standards align with sector benchmarks and accreditation requirements. It is also responsible for enhancing student experience by maintaining fair and transparent academic policies, supporting assessment boards, and facilitating effective learning and teaching practices.
About the Opportunity
Are you excited by start-ups, entrepreneurship and helping people achieve more than they thought possible?
Arden University is looking for an Incubator Programme Officer to join our fast-growing Arden Enterprise Incubator (AEI).
This is a hands-on role where you’ll support 1,500+ students to develop entrepreneurial skills, build ventures, and gain real-world experience. You will coach student founders and support development of their ventures, deliver workshops and events, and create digital content that brings our enterprise community to life.
It’s a chance to make a tangible difference to aspiring entrepreneurs while developing your own career in enterprise, coaching, and programme delivery.
What you’ll be doing
* Coaching students 1:1 and in small groups on business ideas, pitching, validation and growth
* Helping deliver AEI events, boot-camps, workshops, and our big London AEI Showcase Event
* Creating newsletters, spotlights, blogs and digital content to celebrate student ventures
* Supporting reporting and dashboards to track engagement and impact
* Building strong connections with mentors, staff and external partners
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in scaling a high-profile, high impact, fast growing university incubator. You will work with inspiring student founders across multiple sectors and multiple ideas, shape events, communications and programme delivery in a fast-moving environment, and enjoy professional development and growth in enterprise education.
About You
You will need to have:
* Experience in start-ups, enterprise education, incubators, or early-stage business support
* A good degree in a relevant field (e.g. Business, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing, Education, or similar)
* Strong communication, empathy and organisational skills
* Confidence using digital tools (MS365, Teams, Canva, SharePoint etc.)
* A real enthusiasm for working with students from diverse backgrounds and helping them succeed
* Mentoring / Facilitation experience and knowledge of the UK start-up ecosystem, or familiarity with higher education environments, is highly desirable
Why Arden
At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:
* 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!
* A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
* SimplyHealth plan option
* Access to Perkbox benefits
* Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
* Plus, other excellent benefits
* Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
Our Values
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.
Closing Date: Sunday 21st September
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.
If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.
Sponsorship statement: Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.
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