Aston University are looking to recruit for an exciting opportunity within a forward-thinking Health & Safety Team.  

 As a H&S Business Partner, you will work with colleagues within your designated schools and departments to provide professional advice and assistance to ensure legal compliance and to incorporate best practice into all aspects of their operations. 

 You will support the Head of H&S to deliver the objectives in the University’s H&S Strategy and drive the continuous improvement of H&S Management throughout the university. You will work closely with the H&S Responsible Person designated schools and departments to deliver a high quality service.

 The role is advertised at 0.8 FTE - with the expectation being 4 days per week.

Duties include:

• Support H&S best practice and compliance through coaching, mentoring and the identification, development and delivery of training to facilitate this;
• Support the monitoring of risk assessment completion and quality of local arrangements across the ECD;
• Coordinating health surveillance requirements have been adequately identified and where necessary referrals for tests are taken and recorded;
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with H&S legislation;
• Attending the relevant H&S Committese and provide technical H&S advice;
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of local systems and processes which enable active and reactive monitoring to take place such as inspection and audit;
• Assisting with investigating accidents and incidents to determine their causes and make appropriate recommendations for improvements and preventative measures;
• Undertaking training as required across all job disciplines in the H&S Unit to ensure continued customer service during absences

The ideal candidate will have:

• Level 6 Qualification in Occupational Health & Safety Management or a willingness to work towards
• Experience of managing or advising on H&S an educational environmental
• Membership of IOSH or equivalent professional body
• Good current knowledge of H&S legislation and regulations related to estates

What we offer:

• Aston University is a vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Hybrid working is possible for this role, which means working both on campus and from home depending on the activity. Further information on hybrid working can be found here.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days of bank holiday and University closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family-friendly policies.
• On-site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available.
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Aston University may be able to sponsor those who are already on a Skilled Worker Visa issued before 22nd July 2025.  If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting.See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 11 Sep 2026

Unit: Managerial & Professional

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049 per annum

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys supporting others, takes pride in delivering high-quality service, and thrives in a varied environment where no two shifts are the same. Working independently while remaining connected to the wider team, you will play an important part in ensuring our guests feel safe, supported, and well looked after throughout the night.

The successful candidate will work three shifts per week, from 9:30pm to 7:10am. If you are organised, approachable, and committed to providing outstanding guest care, we would love to hear from you. Please refer to the job description for full details.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 25 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available.
• Option to work additional hours.
• Night allowance.
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for new applicants to the Skilled Worker visa route.

See here for information about Skilled Worker eligibility criteria: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 03 Sep 2026

Unit: Campus Support

Salary: £26,093 per annum

We are seeking an experienced and energetic people and process manager to join our newly expanded Academic Registry team as Programme and Student Administration Manager for the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. This role is critical to ensuring the effective operational delivery of programme administration, assessments, and awards activity across the School, directly supporting the student experience while contributing to the University’s strategic ambitions and commitment to academic excellence.

Bringing strong communication and interpersonal skills, together with the ability to manage complex operational activity and work effectively with diverse stakeholders, you will provide high-quality leadership across programme and student administration. You will help embed consistent, compliant, and student-centred processes that assist medical education programmes and meet the requirements of University regulations and professional, statutory and regulatory bodies (PSRBs). 

Reporting to the Assistant Registrar Programme Operations and Assistant Registrar Assessment & Awards, you will play a key leadership role within the Programme and Student Administration team and act as the operational business partner for the School. You will provide expert oversight of programme operations, assessment, progression, and awards processes, ensuring activities are delivered efficiently, accurately, and in accordance with regulatory requirements. You will lead a team of coordinators and officers, embedding a culture of customer service excellence, continuous improvement, and operational consistency across all aspects of programme delivery. 

The role will involve managing academic year planning, programme and module administration, Boards of Examiners, assessment operations, and student records processes, while working collaboratively with academic colleagues, clinical partners, and professional services teams to assist a seamless and inclusive student journey. You will also contribute to the development of standard operating procedures, service enhancement initiatives, and operational change projects across Academic Registry. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive team during a period of transformation and service development. You will enjoy problem-solving, building effective relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, and leading improvements that enhance the efficiency and quality of programme and student administration. As a valued member of the management team, you will play an important role in shaping service delivery for the School, supporting colleagues through change, and developing the capability of your team to deliver outstanding outcomes for students, academic staff, and external partners.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting. See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 02 Sep 2026

Unit: Managerial & Professional

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049 per annum

Within this vision, the Student Life Directorate plays a central role in assisting students from transition through to successful completion, providing expert guidance on engagement, wellbeing and student success.

We are seeking a Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing to join Aston University’s Student Life Directorate. 

The postholder will lead the refresh, refocusing and development of an integrated Mental Health and Wellbeing service across counselling, mental health advice and chaplaincy. This is a key strategic priority: the role will be expected to create a clearer, more proactive, evidence-led and student-centred service model that brings the three areas together through shared pathways, stronger governance, prevention, risk oversight, service standards and measurable impact. Within that wider integrated model, the postholder will also lead the development of a dedicated Domestic and Sexual Violence Advice branch, ensuring that Aston has trauma-informed, institutionally robust pathways for students affected by domestic abuse, sexual violence, harassment and related safeguarding concerns. The successful candidate will therefore combine strong service redesign capability with safeguarding expertise, multidisciplinary leadership and the ability to translate complex student need into coherent, high-quality provision.

Key Responsibilities and Priorities

• Refresh, refocus and develop an integrated Mental Health and Wellbeing service across counselling, mental health advice and chaplaincy
• Coherent development of the three core areas so that counselling, mental health advice and chaplaincy operate as connected, complementary and student-centred provision
• Proactive and preventative provision beyond appointments and counselling
• Leadership of safeguarding practice and development of a dedicated Domestic and Sexual Violence Advice branch within the Mental Health and Wellbeing service
• Complex risk, safeguarding and defensible practice
• Service utilisation, KPI oversight and evidence-led improvement
• OfS E6 assurance, sector developments and Mental Health Charter readiness

About You

• You have significant leadership experience in mental health, counselling, wellbeing, chaplaincy, safeguarding, welfare, domestic and sexual violence support or related services.
• You can redesign, refresh and deliver integrated service models that bring counselling, mental health advice and chaplaincy together through clear pathways, shared standards, prevention, responsiveness, governance and measurable outcomes.
• You bring a strong understanding of safeguarding, trauma-informed support, domestic abuse, sexual violence, harassment and sexual misconduct, and can translate this into safe pathways, partnership working, training, governance and assurance.
• You understand how to use service data, utilisation trends and student feedback to improve provision.
• You can lead assurance activity linked to OfS E6, student safety, training, reporting routes and continuous improvement.
• You will hold a relevant professional qualification or equivalent substantial professional experience in wellbeing, mental health, counselling, social work, safeguarding, nursing, psychology or a related discipline, alongside evidence of management and leadership development relevant to a senior role.
• You will bring senior experience of leading wellbeing, welfare, safeguarding, mental health or related support services in Higher Education or a comparable complex environment, including complex risk, service integration, multidisciplinary leadership and partnership working.
• You will be able to lead the phased development of a specialist Domestic and Sexual Violence Advice branch, working with internal and external partners to establish clear boundaries, referral routes, case oversight, reporting, prevention activity and evaluation.
• Experience of student support services in Higher Education, senior committee assurance, institutional policy development, commissioning, partnership management or external service liaison would be advantageous.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting. See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 20 Sep 2026

Unit: Managerial & Professional

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum

Within this vision, the Student Life Directorate plays a central role in assisting students from transition through to successful completion, providing expert guidance on engagement, wellbeing and student success.

We are seeking a Head of Student Engagement to join Aston University’s Student Life Directorate. 

We're looking for someone capable of providing strategic leadership for institutional engagement activity, attendance and engagement monitoring, learner analytics, interventions, regulatory assurance, change, service development and a complementary programme of student enrichment through co- and extracurricular events, workshops and engagement opportunities. The successful candidate will combine regulatory confidence, student-centred thinking, data fluency and the ability to translate engagement intelligence into meaningful action that strengthens belonging, participation and student success.

Key Responsibilities and Priorities

• Strategic leadership of student engagement, attendance and institutional interventions
• UKVI, student attendance and engagement monitoring expertise
• Data-led service planning, KPI oversight and actionable insight
• Development of enrichment activity that complements formal engagement monitoring, including co- and extracurricular events, workshops and student success opportunities
• Change leadership during implementation of the revised Attendance and Engagement Policy
• Audit, regulatory assurance and confident stakeholder engagement

About You

• You have substantial experience in student engagement, student success, attendance, learner analytics, compliance or a related portfolio.
• You understand the intersection between student support, regulatory obligations, UKVI requirements, student belonging and enrichment activity that encourages participation beyond the curriculum.
• You can use data to generate actionable insight and influence institutional change.
• You are confident working with academic, professional service and external stakeholders, including in audit or assurance contexts.
• You will have a degree-level qualification or equivalent substantial professional experience, alongside evidence of management and leadership development relevant to a senior role.
• You will bring significant experience leading student engagement, student success, retention, compliance or related activity in Higher Education or a comparable complex setting, including strategic planning, service development, data-led decision-making and team leadership.
• Experience of learner analytics, attendance monitoring, engagement system development, Access and Participation, continuation, regulatory performance or senior governance would be advantageous.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role.  Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting.See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 18 Sep 2026

Unit: Managerial & Professional

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum

Within this vision, the Student Life Directorate plays a central role in assisting students from transition through to successful completion, providing expert guidance on engagement, wellbeing and student success.

The role holder will provide centralised operational, project, governance, systems, finance and compliance coordination across Student Life. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is highly organised, calm under pressure, confident with digital systems and motivated by improving how services work behind the scenes.

Key Responsibilities and Priorities:

• Directorate-wide operational coordination
• Meeting, governance and action tracking
• Digital process improvement using Microsoft 365 tools
• Student Life finance processing through Unit4 ERP/Agresso, departmental purchasing and budget reconciliation
• Compliance, audit, risk, health and safety and reporting support
• Cross-team collaboration and high-quality records management

About You:

• You are an excellent organiser who can bring structure to complexity.
• You are comfortable using digital tools and interested in improving processes rather than simply maintaining them.
• You can manage sensitive information, deadlines and competing priorities with discretion and accuracy.
• You are confident working across multiple teams and following up actions professionally.
• You will have a degree-level qualification or equivalent relevant professional experience, with experience of operational, administrative, project, governance, compliance, health and safety or finance coordination in a complex organisation.
• Experience in Higher Education or student-facing professional services would be advantageous. 
• Experience supporting operational processes such as health and safety, project coordination or compliance monitoring would also be helpful
• You are comfortable using using Microsoft 365 tools such as Lists, SharePoint, Power BI or Power Automate.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

Aston University may be able to sponsor those who are already on a Skilled Worker Visa issued before 22 July 2025. If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting. See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 06 Sep 2026

Unit: Managerial & Professional

Salary: £31,236 to £36,636 per annum

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor the successful candidate will carry out planned and reactive maintenance on primarily the electrical services at the Aston University Birmingham City Centre campus and Recreation Centre in Walsall. The role is electrical in nature, responding to radio calls for tripped circuits and failed lighting as well as carry out minor installation works and preventative maintenance. 

The successful applicant will need to be at least level 3 qualified electrician, 18^th Edition is preferable or will need to be obtained during the first 6 months of joining. 

Applicants must have good written and spoken English skills. Accuracy, attention to detail and high level of organisation are a prerequisite. A strong customer service focus is essential, along with the ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with a wide range of internal contacts at various levels. 

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 25 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.
• Salary £27,319 - £29,598 + up to £5k market supplement dependent on experience 

For an informal discussions please contact; William Millar – Maintenance Supervisor – 0121 204 4230 or 07825592577 (between hours of 8am – 4pm Monday to Friday)

 This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for new applicants to the Skilled Worker visa route. See here for information about Skilled Worker eligibility criteria: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 04 Sep 2026

Unit: Campus Support

Salary: £27,319 to £29,588 per annum