This exciting new role supports a transformation in the College’s approach to data use, analysis, and insight. The Data Lead drives a proactive approach to helping the College make full use of its available data to achieve its strategic objectives, innovating and inspiring. You will support key areas including priorities such as student recruitment and corporate reporting. You will also work closely with other departments, to deliver the College’s vision and strategy through collaboration.
Based in Cardiff, the Data Lead is part of the Academic Administration team, working closely with External Affairs as a shared resource. The role encompasses delivering a wide range of insight and analysis, working across every aspect of the College to access relevant information and share learning.
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) is a space for everyone, and we welcome applications from people with all sorts of backgrounds and experience. The College attracts the best creative talent from across the globe. As Wales’ national conservatoire, we fire imagination and drive innovation, offering training to almost 1000 actors, musicians, designers, technicians, and arts managers from more than 30 countries. Our students’ extraordinary talent and potential is fused with exceptional teaching and unrivalled industry links, to bring dreams to life. Creative ambition and collaboration are central to our excellence.
Our students are immersed in a live industry environment from the moment they arrive. With some of Wales’ most prestigious venues, the College operates a dynamic arts centre, and our performance programme of world class professionals is integral to students’ training. We nourish our future professionals, so they push new boundaries and make their mark in the creative industries, aspiring to brilliant careers. The future starts here.
We are committed to creating a workforce that is representative of society. Currently, people from ethnically diverse communities, those who self-identify as disabled and neurodiverse and transgender individuals are under-represented, so we are keen to hear from candidates from these under-represented groups.
If you are a successful candidate and this position will be your first professional services role at the University (or you are currently employed by PSS Ltd), you will be employed by Professional and Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, which provides services to the University and Colleges. If you are an internal professional services candidate, from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, you will continue to be employed by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
For an informal conversation about this post please contact Iestyn.henson@rwcmd.ac.uk
Employment for this position will start in October 2022