About this role
Hours per week: 14 hours
Working pattern: To be agreed
About this role
Help shape the future of academic planning.
Metanoia Institute is seeking an organised, analytical and highly detail-oriented Academic Resource Planning Coordinator to become the custodian of our academic workload planning system.
Working closely with Heads of Programme, academic leaders and professional services colleagues, you will ensure that academic workload information is accurate, up to date and trusted across the organisation.
You'll also work closely with the Data & Insights Manager to ensure data is accurate, consistent and maintained to a high standard across the Institute, supporting improvements to data recording, reporting and quality assurance.
This is an exciting opportunity to establish a key planning function within the Institute, providing high-quality management information that supports strategic decision-making, financial sustainability and regulatory compliance.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with complex data, improving processes and building strong collaborative relationships.
You'll be responsible for
Maintaining the Institute's academic workload planning system. Recording and validating workload allocations. Producing management information and executive reports. Supporting academic resource planning. Ensuring workload data is accurate, auditable and up to date. Working closely with academic managers to maintain high-quality planning information. Supporting the Data & Insights Manager to improve data quality and consistency across the Institute. Developing and maintaining templates and processes for consistent data recording. Identifying and resolving data quality issues and supporting accurate organisational reporting.
We're looking for someone who has
Excellent analytical and organisational skills. Advanced Excel skills. Experience managing complex datasets. Outstanding attention to detail. Confidence working with senior colleagues. A collaborative and solution-focused approach. An interest in planning, resource management and continuous improvement.
Experience within higher education or academic planning would be advantageous but is not essential if you can demonstrate strong transferable analytical and planning skills.
Why join us?
At Metanoia Institute, you'll play a central role in supporting high-quality education and ensuring our academic resources are planned effectively. This is an opportunity to help build a modern planning function that directly informs strategic decision-making and contributes to the Institute's long-term success.
Recruitment process
Please read through the following:
Academic Resource Planning Coordinator - Job Description
If you feel you have all the necessary experience, skills and align with our values and mission, apply via the 'Apply' button above.
Closing date
23:59 on 25 October 2026
Indicative timeline
Interviews are likely to take place from 2 November 2026 onwards.
Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging
As an organisation founded with social justice at its core, we welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We believe that when we work together, we can enable change and make things happen, and we do this by encouraging all our colleagues to be their true self in the workplace. We learn from each other to create an inclusive organisation.
Final considerations
As a UK based Institute all our roles are based within the UK, so you'll need to have the right to work in the UK.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.