About the University

With 25 Nobel Prize winners among our current and former staff and students, we have a history of world firsts and brilliant discoveries, from splitting the atom to giving the world graphene.

We’re committed to world-class research, an outstanding learning and student experience, and social responsibility in everything we do. 

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join a developing People and OD team with a positive agenda for change.  We are open to candidates from other sectors and welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Facts and figures

The University of Manchester’s facts and figures speak for themselves.

We are among the biggest single-site universities in the UK, with one of the largest student communities.

We are recognised as a global powerhouse of research, with 93% of our research activity assessed as ‘world-leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework (REF), 2021 – the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.

Our graduates are the most sought after by the UK’s leading graduate employers (High Fliers Research, 2022) and approximately nine out of ten go straight into employment or continued studies.

We are ranked 35^th in the world, 9^th in Europe and 5^th in the UK in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (2021). And when it comes to environmental and societal impact, Manchester is among the top ten in the world for action towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, 2022.

What’s more, we’re currently halfway through our Campus Masterplan to create a world-class campus for staff, students and visitors. This is one of the biggest estates investments ever seen in UK higher education.