Employer Advisory Board Member - Psychology; Customer​/Consumer Insights

Overview

Employment type: Voluntary board member

Time Commitment: 2-3 meetings (online) per year plus optional additional work

School: Psychology

Full role description:
full role description

For more in depth detail about our Employer Advisory Boards you can access our Information Pack

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

Our School of Psychology has grown significantly over the last few years, and our journey continues. Our academic team brings together extensive experience from academia, professional practice, and industry. Our goal is to equip our students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, ensuring they are fully prepared for employment upon graduation.

The Employer Advisory Board brings together senior professionals to help the School of Psychology align education with real‑world employer needs
.

As a Board member with expertise in consumer and customer insights
, you will contribute sector‑specific intelligence on how insight roles are evolving, where employers face skills shortages, and how new, emerging, and transitioning talent can be better prepared for the workplace.

This role focuses on solving talent and skills challenges
, supporting early‑career entry, upskilling and reskilling
, and strengthening the pipeline of graduates into insights‑driven roles.

This is a strategic advisory role (not a governance position). Your insight will inform curriculum design, employability strategy, and employer engagement, ensuring graduates are equipped to add value quickly in professional insights environments.

As an Employer Advisory Board member, you bring:

• Current, practical experience of your sector
• Insight into how consumer and customer insights functions operate in practice
• First‑hand understanding of recruitment challenges, skills gaps, and workforce transition
• Awareness of how tools, roles, and expectations are changing (e.g. AI, analytics, hybrid skillsets)

You act as a bridge between industry and academia
, helping translate employer need into meaningful learning and talent development.

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible.

• Help shape the future of higher education and workforce development
• Influence curriculum design to ensure it reflects current and future industry needs
• Support the employability and social mobility of our diverse student body
• Collaborate with academic leaders and fellow industry experts to drive innovation and impact
• Gain experience of cross-sector collaboration to support social impact

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

Closing Date: 10th February

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.