University of Warwick Looking For Liaison Manager (104234-0724) at Nagpur, Maharashtra, Full Time

For informal enquiries, please contact Helen Knee (Director of Conduct and Resolution) at Helen.knee@warwick.ac.uk.

The Liaison Manager leads a team of Liaison Officers who are responsible for responding to disclosures made via the University’s online platform, Report and Support. This includes but is not limited to issues relating to sexual misconduct, relationship abuse, discrimination, hate incidents, bullying and harassment, from both students and staff.

This Will Include (but Is Not Limited To)

• Management of Liaison Officers and the Report and Support Platform service provision
• Development of appropriate policy, procedure, guidance and standard operating procedures.
• Development and implementation of institutional preventative initiatives
• To project manage, write and approve the Annual Report and Support Report for publishing. Provide definitive analysis of disclosure rates, case load, feedback and student discipline outcomes to assure senior colleagues of compliance and ensure transparency to the Warwick community.

This role will require a enhanced DBS check.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. 

About You

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding in the area of sexual violence, harassment, misconduct and hate crime within a higher education environment.

They should have relevant managerial skills and experience of supporting complex, sensitive cases or demonstrate the capacity to gain this in within a rapid time period, in trauma and impact situations.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About The Department

This role sits within the University’s Conduct and Resolution Team, which has overall responsibility for the effective and empathetic delivery of processes relating to student misconduct (non-academic) disclosures and reports as well as delivery of a broad range of training and preventative education.

About The University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024
• Research Excellence Framework 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

How to Apply

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 31 July 2024 at 11.55pm

To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).

Please attach a CV and cover letter.

• Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
• Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).

Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.

To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.

Interview Date: Thursday 08 August 2024.

Start Date: TBC

What we Offer

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment.  We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued.  Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University’s Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.

Job Description

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Right to Work in the UK

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.