School Manager

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Queen Mary University of London Full time

About the Role
Applications are invited for the post of School Manager in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences.

This post is a part of the School leadership team providing strategic and operational direction for the School. The role holder will have a particular focus on ensuring the administrative infrastructure and services within the school are effective and respond appropriately to strategic and operational challenges to continue the high level of support for activities within the School and take a leading role in supporting and enabling the School and the Faculty to meet their strategic aims.

The postholder will oversee the management of a professional services and technical team of 25 staff and has seven direct reports.

This role is hybrid, but it is expected that the postholder will be working on site for three days a week.

About You
Candidates should have demonstrable management experience, ideally in a Higher Education environment, with experience of managing a diverse team of professional staff, and of financial planning and budgeting, resource management, operational and strategic planning.

About the School
The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences consists of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Chemistry. It is one of five schools in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The School is an exciting and dynamic environment, home to over 530 undergraduate students, 70 postgraduate taught students, and 130 teaching and research staff. Our research is highly collaborative, working with colleagues across all three faculties and supported by partnerships with industry, NHS and other stakeholders.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we've fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it's simply 'the right thing to do' but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days' leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary's commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

£61,896 to £69,114 per annum.



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