Senior Planning Officer

Job title: Senior Planning Officer
Department: Planning
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade 8: £51,902.57 - £61,048.57 per anum inclusive of London allowance
Location: Bloomsbury, London(3 days per week on site)
Hours: 35 hours per week

SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. SOAS challenges perspectives, broaches debate, and empower students to question the global status quo and find solutions to the issues facing the world today. Our programmes are taught by respected international academics with inter-disciplinary expertise who are engaged in fieldwork and research that influences governments, industries and communities across the world.

About the Department: The Planning team is responsible for reporting on student and student-related data, providing high-quality analysis to key stakeholders throughout the institution. Planning operates a business partnering service to academic colleges to provide them with data, analysis and insight to support their teaching and research.

Planning also supports key activities coordinated by internal committees and working groups including statutory returns, the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions, Access, Participation and Student Success (APSS) Plans and monitoring, Race Equality Charter (REC) and Athena Swan Charter applications, Careers and Graduate Outcomes and compliance with OfS regulatory requirements such as B3 monitoring.

About the Role: As a Senior Planning Officer you will be required to:

• Serve as a Planning Business Partner for an academic college responding to requests from the Dean and/or heads of department.
• Contribute to the evaluation of the College and department plans and continuous review, assessing student experience and outcomes data against historic trends and recent performance.
• Work with the Head of Planning and Dean to set Student Number Targets within the context of the SOAS Strategic Plan.
• Support the School's Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) submission, Athena Swan/Race Equality Charter submissions, APSS monitoring and Careers and Graduate Outcomes analysis.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Planning team, including the use of business intelligence tools and generative AI as these tools are rolled out.

You can find further information on the key criteria for the role in the Job Description and Person Specification, along with a full list of duties and responsibilities, which can be found on the SOAS website.

How to Apply:Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement.

Closing date: 21st September 2025

Interviews to be held: 2nd October 2025

Further information

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We would particularly welcome applications from candidates from working class, first generation Higher Education, the Global South, Black, Asian or other minority ethnic and underrepresented groups. All appointment decisions will be made on merit, following a fair and competitive process.