Manager Uk Visa Sponsorship

Job Description

• Contract Type: Full-time, Fixed Term (2 years)
  
• Application Deadline: 23:59, Wednesday 1 October 2025
  
• Interview Date: Week commencing 13 October 2025

By reference to the applicable SOC code, this role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route (SWR). Applicants considering this pathway should ensure they can meet the required points before applying. Further guidance is available on the UK Visas and Immigration website

About the University of Reading

The year 2026 marks the University of Reading’s Centenary, celebrating 100 years of innovation, academic excellence, and global impact. We are proud to be a university that challenges boundaries and drives positive change both locally and internationally.

Ranked among the top 30 UK universities globally, we are home to more than 27,000 students from over 160 countries. Our award-winning campuses, including Whiteknights—recipient of the Green Flag Award for 15 consecutive years—highlight our strong commitment to sustainability. In 2025, we were recognised as Sustainable University of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times and ranked in the global top 50 for our impact on sustainable development (THE Impact Rankings).

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the HR Directorate and help shape the University’s approach to workforce and management information (MI) data. The role will give you scope to design and deliver changes that ensure data is used strategically to support decision-making and the wider institutional strategy.

You will report directly to one of the Assistant Directors of HR, using your expertise to translate complex workforce data into meaningful insights that inform leadership decisions.

What We’re Looking For

You will bring:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to deliver evidence-based insights from complex datasets.
• Experience preparing and successfully submitting Higher Education workforce datasets and MI (e.g., HESA, REF, TEF).
• A proven track record in managing and developing HR systems and processes for workforce information in a complex organisation.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—with the ability to present data clearly and concisely.

Further Information

We welcome applications from both internal and external candidates. For current staff, this role can be considered on a secondment basis, subject to discussion with your line manager. Please refer to the full job description and person specification for detailed requirements.

Contacts for Enquiries:

Susan Thornton, Assistant Director of HR – s.e.thornton@reading.ac.uk

Claire Rolstone, Director of HR – c.rolstone@reading.ac.uk

Our Commitment to Equality

The University of Reading is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We proudly support the Athena SWAN Charter for gender equality, the Race Equality Charter, and are active champions of LGBT+ equality. We are also a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2).

Applications for job-share, part-time, and flexible working arrangements are welcome and will be considered in line with business needs.