Director of Faculty Operations – Ulster University Business School

Role:  Director of Faculty Operations

Department: Ulster University Business School

Grade: Grade 10

Responsible to: Executive Dean 

Campus: Belfast

Permanent/Full-time

Job Purpose:

The post holder will provide strategic leadership and operational management support for the Executive Dean (ED) and the ED Office and leads on ensuring the administrative efficiency, effectiveness and operational excellence of the faculty. They will support the development, implementation, delivery, and monitoring of the Faculty Plan, and coordinates all cross ¿ faculty initiatives and activities. This includes the definition, development and oversight of effective systems, procedures, processes and policies that provide quality support for teaching, learning and research, providing a team vision for how exceptional quality support and service can be provided to students, academic staff, and other stakeholders, ensuring all practices are aligned to the wider University Strategic Plan.

The successful applicant will have an inclusive, determined, inspirational, authentic, BRAVE approach to leadership, encouraging ideas, initiative and innovation in others whilst establishing a cost-effective and high-performance culture based on continuous improvement. They will be entrepreneurial with the ability and drive to innovate and seek out new opportunities and models which will significantly increase institutional capacity and capability for the enhancement of learning.

The University will conduct a shortlisting exercise after the closing date.  Individuals successful at the shortlisting stage will be invited to undertake an EQi leadership questionnaire in advance of a formal interview in order for a leadership report to be provided to the panel which will be referenced by the panel during the interview.

Closing date: 30 May 2023 at 23:59