Programme Manager

Salary

The starting salary will be from £50,253 on Grade G, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type

Admin, Professional, Managerial

Date posted

27/10/2025

Job reference

Q10259

Office of the Senior Vice-President

This new full-time post is available from on a fixed term basis for two-years.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

This position could be an opportunity for an internal secondment, with approval from your current line manager. We welcome applications from candidates interested in working job-sharing arrangements.

Summary of the role

The Strategic Delivery Unit sits at the heart of the University's strategic transformation activities. We deliver the University's highest profile projects and programmes that change organisational structures, processes, technology, buildings and culture. In joining us, you would be bringing our future vision to life.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Programme Manager to lead our Curriculum for Change (C4C) Programme. The C4C programme is working in partnership with faculties and departments to realise our strategic commitment to develop a distinctive and sustainable model for education to ensure we equip our students to be changemakers and develop in them the knowledge, skills, behaviours and mindsets to succeed and thrive in the rapidly changing world of work. Successful candidates will have a track record of complex transformational change working closely in partnership with the business stakeholders.

The role is full time, fixed term for 24 months working hybrid, based at our Exeter campus. We require a minimum of 1 day/week on campus, with occasional additional days as required.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus' and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Gill Preston