Senior Data Administrator

Senior Data Administrator (Fixed Term Contract)

Department:
Registry and Academic Support (RAS)

Location:
Dubai Campus

FTE and Working Pattern: 1 FTE, Fulltime

The Global Registry and Academic Support Directorate supports our students and staff across the full student life-cycle from enrolment to graduation.

The Directorate has responsibility as the definitive record-keeper of all student information, programme and course details, as well as leading services that help students settle and stay at the University. This includes providing professional help and advice through a range of support and wellbeing services.

The Directorate supports academic(model) and professional services staff across the University in a number of areas, including: academic, institutional and student-related Regulations and Policies, and global, national and institutional quality matters.

It delivers these services through five Divisions, each managed by a Global Head, and two Heads of Campus Registry and Student Services:

• Student Life
• Online Students
Academic Operations
• Academic Quality
• Academic Secretariat, Regulation and Policy
• Head of Registry & Student Services – Dubai Campus
• Head of Registry & Student Services - Malaysia Campus

The Academic Quality Division is made up of three Teams:

• Quality Assurance:
  Has management and oversight of all processes related to approval, annual monitoring and periodic review. Delivers an integrated approach to the assurance of quality and academic standards.
• Academic Enhancement:
  Overseeing enhancement of learning and teaching and of the student learning experience (incl. PGR students), and delivers strategic change in learning and teaching and in the student learning experience.
• Accreditation and Academic Partnerships:
  Has management and oversight of all academic partnerships and external accreditations (government and professional bodies) and delivers a consistent approach to external accreditation and the assurance of partnerships.

In Dubai and Malaysia the Academic Quality divisions run as single teams, which liaise with the three central teams for professional support, and are managed locally by the Academic Quality Manager.

Purpose of Role

The Senior Data Administrator will have lead responsibility for supporting Registry & Academic Services (RAS) data requirements, with particular emphasis on regulatory compliance datasets and institutional performance reporting. This includes the management, analysis and 波 assurance of annual retention and progression data, statutory data returns to external regulators, and complex ad hoc data requests that support institutional decision-making.

The role will provide specialist expertise in regulatory and student data, ensuring accuracy, consistency and alignment across university systems. Acting with a high degree of autonomy, the postholder will support regulatory compliance obligations, mitigate data-related risk, and enable evidence-based initiatives that enhance the student experience, retention and progression outcomes.

Summary of Key

Duties and Responsibilities:

Working closely with the Academic Quality Manager and Deputy Head of Registry (Dubai) and wider Registry, Academic Quality and Professional Services teams, the postholder will:

Regulatory and Compliance Data Management

• Take operational responsibility for the collation, validation, reconciliation and assurance of data submissions to:
• Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR)
• Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)
• Other regulatory bodies as required
• Interpret evolving regulatory data requirements, ensuring that institutional datasets remain compliant, accurate and submission ready.
• Act as a key point of contact for regulator-driven ad hoc data requests, exercising judgement in prioritisation and risk management.

Institutional Reporting and Analysis

• Lead the production and quality assurance of retention and progression datasets for the Dubai campus, ensuring data integrity.
• Support the development of analytical outputs that inform student experience initiatives, performance monitoring and compliance KPIs.
• Identify data anomalies, trends and-wow risks, escalating issues and…