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School Operations Manager (Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences)

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Jun 8, 2016

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Job Purpose

The School Operations Manager will be the senior administrative officer of a School within the College of Life and Environmental Sciences. The appointee will support the Head of School on a day-day basis in the fulfilment of their responsibilities in ensuring administrative services are delivered in an effective, efficient, responsive and professional manner supporting excellence in research and teaching.

 

Person Specification

Qualifications

  • • First degree or equivalent along with a relevant higher degree or professional training such as ILM or number of years’ experience normally associated with this level of qualification


Experience

  • • Extensive University/HEI/NHS Trust administrative experience
  • • Demonstrable people; financial experience
  • • Experience of data mining and sourcing information, particularly through electronic sources, to inform reporting for strategic planning
  • • Working in a multi-disciplinary environment
  • • Knowledge and understanding of UK HE funding mechanisms, strategies and priorities


Abilities and skills

  • •Exceptional report writing skills - ability to write clear and concise formal reports and documents, maintaining high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
  • •Strong negotiating and persuasion skills
  • •Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to communicate complex policy matters
  • •Excellent verbal communication skills - ability to communicate with a wide range of people at all levels, maintaining high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Excellent organisational and time-management skills with a demonstrated ability to plan and organise a large workload to meet both internal and external deadlines - working on a variety of complex issues simultaneously
  • •Excellent inter-personal skills; ability to develop effective working relationships with all levels of staff and external contacts.
  • Developed leadership skills, with the ability to instil confidence in others
  • Assertive and able to think and act decisively
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to work under pressure and maintain a high degree of accuracy
  • Able to absorb and deploy new information quickly and accurately

Company

Global Academy Jobs works with over 250 universities worldwide to promote academic mobility and international research collaboration. Global problems need international solutions. Our jobs board and emails reach the academics and researchers who can help.

"The globalisation of higher education continues apace, driving in turn the ongoing development of the global knowledge economy, striving for solutions to the world’s problems and educating a next generation of leaders and contributors."

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