Bangor University
Croeso and thank you for your interest in our University.
Bangor is a unique institution, an ambitious university which is founded on its Welsh roots, research excellence and student centric focus. Located on the stunning coastline of North Wales, only a stone’s throw from the Snowdonia national park we are driven by our Welsh heart and our international community.
As part of an ongoing investment in the Directorate of Marketing, Communications and Recruitment we are now recruiting two senior roles: Director of Campaigns and Brand Marketing and a Deputy Director of International Recruitment & Mobility. Across our target audiences, these high-profile positions will play a crucial and influential role in helping the University promote our commitment to ensuring a prosperous and sustainable future for all.
We are looking for highly creative and ambitious senior marketing and international student recruitment professionals who want to achieve sector leading results in a Directorate that is focused, driven and ambitious. Both opportunities offer flexible working combining some home working, along with presence at our campuses in Bangor and Wrexham.
This site provides full detail on both roles and our Consultants at Anderson Quigley will be delighted to talk you through these exciting opportunities.
Reputation for Excellence
Founded in 1884, Bangor University has a long tradition of academic excellence and a strong focus on the student experience. Around 10,000 students currently study at the University, with teaching staff based within nine Academic Schools. Bangor University’s research has been ranked highly in the Government’s most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), with 85% judged to be world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*). Bangor’s research in Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy is ranked 15th overall in the UK. This builds on our research strengths in Human Sciences and help develop future health and social care that is sustainable, place-based and bolsters the growth of the regional life sciences sector.
The University has been consistently successful in the National Student Survey (NSS) results and is regularly amongst the UK’s top 10 Universities for student satisfaction (excluding specialist institutions). Bangor University was the first in Wales to achieve a Gold Award, the highest rating possible, in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and has retained that rating during the time that the TEF was active.
Our Mission
A research-led University in North Wales, providing transformative learning experiences and nurturing a positive impact on society regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Our Vision
A globally connected University, realising opportunities for success through transformative, innovative, impact-driven research and teaching, with a focus on sustainability: safeguarding the environment, revitalising society’s health, and promoting economic, social, bilingual, and cultural vibrancy.
Our History
The University was founded as a direct result of a campaign in the late nineteenth century for higher education provision in Wales. Funds were raised by public subscription to establish a college of university rank in Bangor.
An important feature of its foundation was the voluntary contributions made by local people, including amongst others, many farmers and quarrymen who could ill afford to donate money, but did so despite the difficulties in order to benefit future generations.
The University has a keen memory of those founding subscriptions and the community support that it has continued to enjoy from those founding days and remains true to that founding vision and the need to remember those roots as we build the University for the future. Indeed, these values have a modern reflection in the University’s support for the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act (2015).
Our Campuses
Bangor’s location – close to the mountains and the sea – has been described as the best university setting in the UK. For example, North Wales was named as the 4th best region in the world to visit by the travel guide, Lonely Planet, due to its stunning location and “shiny new adventure sports facilities”.
The University’s recent investments in facilities and services include the Pontio Arts and Innovation centre, a multi-million-pound development which includes teaching facilities, a theatre, cinema, bar, cafes and an innovation space. Other investment includes the opening of 600 new rooms at St Mary’s Student Village and the redevelopment of the University’s sports facilities at Canolfan Brailsford. Bangor University’s accommodation has been rated as the best in the UK at the What Uni Student Choice Awards 2018. The 2018 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey places Bangor University in the Top 10 in the UK for Accommodation.
The University’s reach extends way beyond the campus in Bangor. As the University of North Wales, the University has facilities and campuses across the region including a significant campus in Wrexham with more than 500 students being taught from that base and then research facilities across North Wales and including Wales’ only Science Park – M-SPARC – on the Island of Anglesey. There are also clinical teaching facilities for medical and healthcare students at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Glan Clwyd and Wrexham Maelor hospital sites and at several community hospitals. There is also a close working relationship with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and primary health care providers across North Wales.
Teaching and Learning
The University prides itself on the quality of teaching offered and was the first university in Wales to be awarded TEF Gold in 2017 which highlights our staff’s work in providing outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for our students. This was supported in a recent review by the UK Quality Assurance Agency, which resulted in the highest possible endorsement of the University’s academic standards. This translates to a fantastic student experience, with the 2020 National Student Survey results placing Bangor amongst the UK’s top 10 mainstream universities for student satisfaction; a position it has held regularly for several years.
Bangor has had a long tradition of academic excellence and a strong focus on the student experience. Today, around 10,000 students study at the University, and it has approximately 2,000 staff, based in nine Academic Schools within three Colleges, and supported by a number of Professional Services. In addition, we have 600 students studying at Bangor College China and around 2400 students studying validated programmes in the UK and overseas. We have more than 150 Students’ Union Clubs and Societies which were named best in the UK at the WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2019 and Bangor regularly appears in the top 10 in several of the categories in student led awards demonstrating the affection, affinity, and sense of pride that our student experience engenders in our students.
The University’s taught portfolio programme provides significant breadth across the arts, human sciences and environmental sciences. There are 340 undergraduate modules offered through the medium of Welsh, and Bangor is recognised as the leading provider of Welsh medium education in Wales and therefore the world.
Student Experience
Student life at Bangor University is vibrant and diverse. The vast array of Students’ Union Clubs and Societies cover a range of interests, activities and sports, which means there’s something for everyone. Student membership is free, so all our students can take advantage of the extracurricular opportunities offered. Students are given help and support from the moment they arrive. Our Student Services Centre provides advice and guidance on matters from money and housing to disability support, counselling, dyslexia, study skills and local faith provision.
Research
Bangor’s mission is for a research-led University of and for North Wales, providing transformative learning experiences and nurturing a positive impact on society regionally, nationally, and internationally (Strategy 2030).
Across the University, research and teaching are closely interlinked: almost all research academics teach, ensuring that our students benefit from the knowledge created by our research. In REF2021, 40% of our research is considered 4* or world-leading and 45% is 3* or internationally excellent. 77% of Bangor’s research was scored as 4* or 3* in the last REF in 2014. In REF2021 it has increased to 85%.
In REF2021, Bangor is 41st for the proportion of our research environment judged to be world-leading and 46th (out of 129 – excluding six single-subject institutions) in the sector for research outputs such as publications.
Our Commitment to Sustainability
Bangor University is committed to being known globally as “The Sustainable University”. Much of what we do is based on our desire to bring sustainability to life, whether through our teaching, research or public engagement. Using a holistic healthy University approach, we support our staff to realise their potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and contribute to their community. Our priorities focus on prevention and early interventions to build resilience, wellbeing for future generations, and movement, physical activity and sport.
Language and culture
Since its inception in 1884, the University has a tradition of integral links with its local community. Our identity is inextricably associated with our location, and we play a leading role in the Welsh culture and economy and in fostering the Welsh language. We are the world’s leading provider of higher education through the medium of Welsh, in terms of volume, breadth of courses and expertise, and we are the sector’s standard-bearer for Welsh Language services and support.
The University actively supports staff to learn Welsh and in using it at all levels of University work. This support will be made available to the successful candidate, if required.
Equality, Inclusivity & Diversity
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language through our progressive Welsh Language Policy. We comply with the Welsh Language Standards and are committed to equality of opportunity. You are welcome to apply for any job in English or Welsh and all applications submitted will be treated equally.
We are a member of Advance HE’s Athena SWAN Gender Equality charter and hold a Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to and progress towards gender equality within the University’s policies, practices, and culture. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Bangor & North Wales – “One of the best places in the world to visit”
North Wales has it all. Full of visual drama and splendour, steeped in history with a vibrant bilingual 21st Century culture. Its diverse landscape is home to everything from cultural events, outdoor activities and historic sites, to beaches, mountains and lakes. North Wales can also boast a wide range of theatrical and musical venues and offers a diversity of unique shops and well provisioned towns that makes it a desirable shopping destination with large city shopping and cultural experiences around an hour’s drive away. There is a thriving local food scene with countless independent restaurants and pubs serving tourists and locals alike and it is also home to one of the Top 10 Beach Bars in the World, The Tŷ Coch Inn in Porthdinllaen.
Many people in this friendly and welcoming part of the world speak Welsh as a first language. Indeed, the language thrives throughout the region: newsagents stock Welsh and English-medium newspapers and magazines, whilst everything from road signs to local radio stations are bilingual.
So many great things make North Wales the perfect place to live, raise a family, enrich your life and keep you busy in your spare time! It was recently voted the 4th best region to visit in the world by Lonely Planet. It is also home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites – the slate landscape of northwest Wales, the castles and town walls of King Edward I and Pontcysyllte aqueduct and canal.
Snowdonia National Park
The Snowdonia National Park is a region in northwest Wales of mountains, lakes and ancient woodland. The park’s historic Snowdon Mountain Railway climbs to the summit of Wales’s highest mountain, Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), offering views across the sea to Ireland as well as 14 other mountains above 3,000ft. The park is also home to an extensive network of trails, over 100 lakes and countless craggy peaks, wild moorland, beautiful beaches and ancient forests.
North Wales has a growing reputation as being the adventure capital of the UK for its diversity of activities. Underground, on ground or above ground, every day can be an adventure when you live in North Wales.
An abandoned quarry, once the world’s largest, turned into the world’s fastest zip zone is not far from the world’s first man-made surf lagoon delivering consistent two metre waves. You can scale to Britain’s lowest point, deep beneath the mountains of Snowdonia or indulge in countless activities that make the most of the surroundings including climbing, walking, mountain biking, surfing, sailing and just about any other land, air or waterborne activity you are interested in.
Bangor
Bangor is a small but lively city due to its Cathedral that has ancient roots that can be traced back to the 6th century. Bangor has lots of leisure facilities including pool and a pier where you can enjoy a favourite local treat of tea and fresh scones. Along what’s reputed to be Wales’s longest High Street you’ll find a wide-range of supermarkets, food shops, high street chains, cafes, bars and restaurants.
Most of the University buildings are within walking distance of the city centre. The University’s Pontio centre is a social hub as well as an internationally significant centre for learning, innovation and the performing arts. In addition to being a home for our Students’ Union, it includes a cinema, theatre, lecture theatres, exhibition spaces, bar and café.
Bangor has excellent travel links and is within easy reach of major international airports at Manchester and Liverpool. There is a direct train service to London taking about 3 hours and a ferry service from nearby Holyhead that can reach Dublin in a similar time.
School Classification and Performance
All schools in North Wales are classified as being either Welsh-medium, English-medium or bilingual, and the exact nature of the education provided in each individual school depends on a number of locally determined factors.
However, if a child attends a Welsh-medium school (where a broad range of subjects and disciplines are taught in Welsh), his / her English skills will also be developed in specifically timetabled English lessons and by experiencing some other aspects of the curriculum in English.
Likewise, children who attend English-medium or bilingual schools are also given the opportunity to learn Welsh.
Under the Welsh system schools are placed into one of four colour-coded categories to show how much support they need with rankings of green (excellent), yellow (effective), amber (in need of improvement) and red (failing). For more information on individual primary and secondary school ratings visit ‘My Local School’.
There are many advantages to rural schools that should not be overlooked when considering your child’s education. Rural schools typically have far smaller class sizes than inner city schools and can be a lot safer. Children are more inclined to feel like they belong in a community-enriched environment and teachers can implement good teaching practices effectively. Research has shown that children in smaller schools are academically more successful, have better exam results, study more challenging subjects and participate in more extra-curricular activities.
Living and Working at Bangor University
Bangor and its surrounding area are an outstanding place to work and provide an amazing place to live. But we recognise that more flexible working arrangements mean that staff today look at alternatives. The A55 North Wales Expressway put the city of Chester within a one hour commute and provides an excellent link to England and the wider motorway network – it is also a stunning coastal drive.
Appointment Term
The posts are offered on a full-time basis as a permanent, open-ended appointment.
Salary
Director: up to £75,000
Deputy Director: up to £61,000
Hours of Work
Because of the nature of the work, the University does not specify any terms and conditions relating to hours of work within the meaning of employment legislation. Hours shall be such as are necessary to carry out satisfactorily the duties associated with the post; and on average a normal weekly commitment will mean between 36.25 and 48 hours per week.
Pension
The successful candidate will be eligible to join the Universities Superannuation Scheme (U.S.S.) if you are not already in receipt of a pension from USS and satisfy the criteria. All other terms and conditions will be in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of employment at the University for academic and academic-related staff.
Annual Leave
The period of paid annual leave will be 27 days plus 7 University customary holidays and 8 Bank/Public Holidays (or their equivalent).
Relocation
Where applicable, the University offers a relocation package to support new employees who meet the eligibility criteria. The relocation package is offered as a contribution towards costs incurred, and is designed to be flexible, allowing staff to use the financial support available in the way that will be most helpful to them.
Eligibility Requirements
All offers are made subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of satisfactory references. All candidates must meet the requirements of UK ‘right to work’ requirements. If you require Home Office permission to work in the UK, or need to switch your visa status in order to take this job, please note that following the introduction by the Government of immigration limits on skilled workers we recommend you use the following link to information about the routes into employment and to check eligibility requirements: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/
Equality and Diversity
We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Bangor University aims to provide an environment which respects and values the positive contribution of all its members so enabling them to achieve their full potential and to gain benefit and enjoyment from their involvement in the life of the University.
Anderson Quigley is acting as an advisor to the University, an executive search process is being carried out by Anderson Quigley in addition to the public advertisements.
The closing date for applications is noon on Monday 27 March 2023.
AQ Reference: AQ1725 (Director of Campaigns & Brand Marketing), AQ1727 (Deputy Director International Recruitment & Mobility)
Applications should consist of:
Should you wish to discuss the roles in strict confidence, please contact Carolyn Coates on carolyn@andersonquigley.com, +44(0)7825 871 944 or Ed Pritchard on ed@andersonquigley.com, +44(0)7980 817 927.