Academic Planning & Performance Manager
About this role
Location: The Music Box, London, SE1 0LR Salary: Competitive Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent
Turn Data into Insight. Drive Academic Performance.
Are you an experienced Higher Education professional with a strong background in academic planning, data, timetabling and performance reporting?
LCCM is looking for an Academic Planning & Performance Manager to lead academic planning, timetabling, data quality and management information.
Working across academic and professional services teams, you’ll turn student and programme data into meaningful insight, helping LCCM monitor performance, identify risks and improve student engagement, progression and outcomes.
About LCCM
London College of Contemporary Music provides a specialist Higher Education environment for students pursuing careers within music and the creative industries.
Based at The Music Box in London, we combine academic study with creative and industry-focused learning to prepare students for successful futures.
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Quality and Governance, you’ll lead academic planning and performance reporting across LCCM.
From developing teaching timetables and academic calendars to producing dashboards and analysing student outcomes, you’ll provide the insight needed to support effective decision-making, academic quality and continuous improvement.
You’ll also contribute to OfS compliance, B3 monitoring, Access and Participation activity, governance and regulatory reporting.
Key Responsibilities
You will:
• Lead the planning and publication of teaching timetables and academic calendars. • Maintain accurate programme, module and delivery information. • Lead data-quality assurance across student, attendance, engagement and assessment data. • Develop dashboards covering attendance, engagement, pass rates, continuation, completion, outcomes and NSS. • Analyse performance across cohorts, intakes, programmes and student groups. • Support OfS B3 monitoring and Access and Participation activity. • Identify trends and risks and recommend evidence-based interventions. • Produce management information for senior leadership, Governance Boards and committees. • Support annual monitoring, programme review, audits and external reporting. • Improve reporting systems and identify opportunities for automation.