College Timetabler

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
September

15 June 2025

**Job overview**:
We are seeking a meticulous and analytical College Timetabler to take responsibility for the construction and management of our college’s bespoke, dynamic timetabling.

This is a pivotal role in the academic operations of a college known for its individualised approach to education, where each student follows a tailored programme of study. As such, timetabling here is not simply logístical, it is personal, adaptable, and at the heart of ensuring a smooth academic experience for both students and staff.

**About the Role**:
In addition to creating and managing bespoke timetables, the postholder will also:

- Compile data to support college analysis and performance monitoring
- Support the Registrar with census submissions and academic progress tracking

This role demands a keen eye for detail, strong systems literacy, and a calm, solutions-focused approach to problem-solving.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Design and manage bespoke academic timetables for individual students, adapting to changes throughout the academic year
- Collaborate with academic staff and pastoral teams to ensure student needs are fully reflected in their schedules
- Resolve timetable clashes and manage timetable adjustments with efficiency and care
- Compile accurate academic data to support internal analysis, performance reporting and curriculum planning
- Work closely with the Registrar to provide data for DfE and ISC censuses, monitor student attendance and progress, and ensure regulatory compliance
- Produce and interpret data reports relating to curriculum delivery, student grouping, staffing and resource allocation

**About You**:

- Experience in academic timetabling, preferably in a college or university setting
- Familiarity with MIS systems—iSAMS preferred, though training will be provided
- Excellent Excel and data handling skills
- An ability to think clearly and flexibly under pressure
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative working style
- An appreciation of the demands and rewards of working in a student-centred academic environment

**What We Offer**:

- A key operational role in a dynamic and supportive college
- Training in iSAMS and ongoing professional development
- A friendly and professional team environment
- Opportunities for involvement in academic planning and analysis
- Access to staff facilities including common room, café, and library

**About**Mander Portman Woodward - London**:
**Mander Portman Woodward - London**
- 90-92 Queens Gate, Kensington
- London
- SW7 5AB
- United Kingdom

+44 20 7835 1355

Mander Portman Woodward London, commonly referred to as MPW, is one of a group of independent colleges providing GCSE and A-level education for 14- to 20-year-olds. The other mixed, non-denominational colleges are located in Birmingham and Cambridge.

The school was established in 1973 by Robert Woodward, Rodney Portman and Nicholas Mander, which is where MPW gets its name. In 2016, the group was sold by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Incorporated, a Los Angeles private equity firm, to the education firm Kaplan International.

**Principal**

Sally Powell

**Values and Vision**

Mander Portman Woodward believes in giving students as much personal attention as possible, and ensures that there are fewer than 10 students in every class. The college's mission is to work with students to turn their academic aspirations into reality. It takes students from Year 10 and has a particularly strong reputation for its sixth-form provision. It has also forged partnerships with local higher education institutions, and considers pupil entrance to prestigious universities one of its key objectives.

Each Mander Portman Woodward student is allocated a director of studies, whose role is to monitor their general welfare and assist them in making informed choices about their next educational steps.

**ISI report**

“Students are very well educated and the college successfully fulfils its aims. The quality of the students’ academic achievement and progress throughout the college is excellent. The provision for and achievement of those students with SEND or EAL is excellent and the provision for able gifted and talented students is good. The academic curriculum is broad and flexible timetabling allows individual programmes of study to be developed.”