Shanghai Dianji University

Salary: UH9 £58,225pa to £69,488pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience Job reference: REQ000503 SBU/Department: Academic Registry/Student Administration Service FTE: 1.0 FTE (working 37 hours per week) Duration of Contract: Permanent Annual Leave: 30 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days, including the closure of our offices between Christmas and New Year. Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield. Travel to other campuses will be required to meet the demands of the role. Hybrid working available, dependent upon business needs. The University of Hertfordshire is a modern and enterprising university located in Hatfield, just 25 minutes from London. Serving over 35,000 students from more than 110 countries, we are proud to be a globally diverse and inclusive university offering over 700 career-focussed degrees, strong industry connections and industry standard facilities. We are recognised in the Guardian’s Top 50 UK universities and top 25% of institutions for both student satisfaction and research impact. We are seeking an experienced and motivated professional to lead the Student Finance department within the Student Administration Service. Main duties and responsibilities The Head of Student Finance will oversee the management of Income Control, Student Account Management, and Student Funding and Financial Support teams, ensuring a professional, innovative, and forward-thinking approach to student finance. You will be responsible for policy, systems, and administration relating to the collection and debt management of student tuition and accommodation fees and payment of student scholarships, access and participation bursaries and hardship funds. The role requires you to lead, manage and develop the team to deliver a professional and knowledgeable advisory service with the ability to deliver service excellence while protecting the University against financial risk. Skills and experience required You will have a track record of successfully leading all aspects of a large finance function and experience of managing a team, including recruiting, developing, training, appraising and motivating staff. A thorough understanding and appreciation of relevant national and international developments, policies and benchmarks and a broad knowledge of current approaches to service-related work and of current debates, issues and challenges within the HE sector are essential. You will also have experience of dealing with highly confidential, sensitive information and an awareness of Data Protection legislation. You will have financial management skills, with experience of the preparation of reports (including statistical) for use in policy development and to inform senior decision making. The ability to understand and interpret complex regulations and the ability to meet agreed deadlines in a busy and complex environment are essential. You will also have the ability to motivate staff and develop and maintain high performing teams, as well as the ability to innovate and manage change whilst maintaining high-quality service delivery. Experience of monitoring and managing budgets effectively would be advantageous. Qualifications required You will be educated with a minimum of a degree or equivalent or have significant professional work experience in an equivalent finance-related role.  Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification. Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self service portal. We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made. Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Please contact Mark Partridge, Director of Student Administration Services (Student Services), m.partridge2@herts.ac.uk   "Find out what it's like to work in Academic Registry HERE" Closing Date: 15 February 2026 Interview Date: TBC Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts

As a University of Applied Learning, SIT works closely with industry in our research pursuits. Our research staff will have the opportunity to be equipped with applied research skills that are relevant to industry demands while working on research projects in SIT.  About the DIGNIFIED programme The DIGNIFIED programme is dedicated to developing elderly-friendly, textured modified foods with desirable organoleptic and nutritional properties. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for elderly individuals by creating innovative, nutritious, and visually appealing food products that cater to their specific dietary needs. Job Description:  We are seeking a highly motivated Research Engineer to join our team for a fixed-term project. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and validating objective texture testing methods that can accurately categorize foods within the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework, with a specific focus on Level 5 (Minced & Moist). This role will involve designing custom test fixtures, conducting practical laboratory work, and performing data analysis to create a robust and reliable testing protocol. Key Responsbilities: Conduct a comprehensive literature review on food rheology, texture analysis, particle analysis, image analysis and the IDDSI framework. Design and execute experiments to develop new instrumental texture analysis methods suitable for IDDSI Level 5 foods. Validate new methods against existing standards and a sensory panel to ensure accuracy and clinical relevance. Collect, analyze, and interpret data from instrumental and sensory evaluations. Document all experimental procedures, findings, and analyses in technical reports and prepare presentations to industry stakeholders and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Collaborate with a research team, including food scientists, clinicians, and engineers, to ensure the developed methods are practical and clinically relevant. Job Requirements: A degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field. A Master's or Ph.D. in a related research field is advantageous. Experience with instrumental texture, image analysis and particle sizing techniques (e.g., texture analyzers, universal testing machines) is highly desirable. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Proficiency in material characterization techniques, such as stress-strain characterization. Proficiency in analysis software (e.g., Microsoft Excel, R, or other statistical software). Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Demonstrated commitment to strong research ethics and data integrity

About us ​​The School of Global Affairs (SGA) in the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s is a dynamic hub of multi-disciplinary scholarship that seeks to address the pressing issues facing our world today, including climate change, inequality and global health. ​At King’s, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practices into all our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. King’s offers inclusive benefits to staff, including flexible working, Enhanced Parental Leave, funds for Parents and Carers, and the potential to join community staff networks. About the role The PDRA will conduct research within the Wellcome-funded Speculative Fertilities**: Finance, Pharma, and the Future of Reproduction** project, which aims to transform the social study of reproduction by analysing the intersection of the financial and fertility sectors as a key site of reproductive politics. Using qualitative methods, this project consists of three work streams analysing case studies that may transform the future of reproduction, including automated IVF, in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) and mifepristone (abortion pill) as contraception. The advertised position focuses on the latter work stream, which will explore the socio-cultural as well as political-economic dimensions of clinical trials that explore the possibility of using mifepristone as a weekly contraceptive. The research will focus on the social dynamics of both the clinical trials themselves and the steps towards registration, authorisation and implementation after the trial finishes. This is a full-time role, and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 36 months. Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information. About you To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria Fluency in English Strong skills in social science research methods, including qualitative methods (e.g. interviews, ethnographic methods, documentary and policy analysis). Excellent writing and communication skills, with experience writing publications for academic, public and stakeholders audiences. Incipient or growing track record of academic writing (e.g., monographs, reports, working papers, journal publications). Ability to develop, conduct and publish independent research studies within the broader research project. Ability to manage research data effectively. Excellent organisational and time-management skills. Academic expertise in reproductive politics and/or pharmaceutical innovation and regulation. Desirable criteria Demonstrated interest and expertise in abortion and contraception research. Demonstrated interest and expertise in the regulation and implementation of pharmaceutical research. Experience in relevant quantitative and digital methods. Experience working across reproductive or pharmaceutical sectors, e.g. in relation to policy, research & development, public health, or with people with lived experience. Understanding of data confidentiality and data security. Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6. Further information We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’  pages. Grade and Salary: £45,031 per annum including London Weighting Allowance     Job ID: 134805 Close Date: 02-Feb-2026 Contact Person: Lucy van de Wiel     Contact Details: Lucy.vandewiel@kcl.ac.uk