Current jobs related to College Head of Operations - Birmingham, Birmingham - University of Birmingham

  • College Administrator

    1 month ago


    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College AdministratorWe are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our College of Social Sciences, you will provide administrative support to our apprenticeship programmes, ensuring the smooth delivery of operational activities.Key...

  • College Administrator

    1 month ago


    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College AdministratorWe are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our College of Social Sciences, you will provide administrative support to our apprenticeship programmes, ensuring the smooth delivery of operational activities.Key...

  • College Administrator

    4 weeks ago


    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College AdministratorWe are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our College of Social Sciences, you will provide administrative support to our apprenticeship programmes, ensuring the smooth delivery of operational activities.Key...

  • College Administrator

    3 weeks ago


    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College AdministratorWe are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our College of Social Sciences, you will provide administrative support to our apprenticeship programmes, ensuring the smooth delivery of operational activities.Key...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    College of Social SciencesFull-time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to December 2025Birmingham Business School is one of the oldest business schools in the country and sits within a prestigious 1% of the world's business schools that hold the...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job DescriptionJob Title: College Apprenticeships AdministratorLocation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UKJob Type: Full-timeContract Type: Fixed TermContract Length: Up to August 2025Job SummaryWe are seeking an experienced and organized College Apprenticeships Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. The successful...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job DescriptionJob Title: College Apprenticeships AdministratorLocation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UKJob Type: Full-timeContract Type: Fixed TermContract Length: Up to August 2025Job SummaryWe are seeking an experienced and organized College Apprenticeships Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. The successful...

  • College Administrator

    4 weeks ago


    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College Support AdministratorJob Summary:We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Support Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our professional services team, you will provide exceptional administrative support to students and staff, ensuring the smooth delivery of our teaching and...

  • College Administrator

    4 weeks ago


    Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College Support AdministratorJob Summary:We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Support Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our professional services team, you will provide exceptional administrative support to students and staff, ensuring the smooth delivery of our teaching and...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College Support AdministratorJob Summary:We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Support Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our professional services team, you will provide exceptional administrative support to students and staff, ensuring the smooth delivery of our teaching and...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: College Support AdministratorJob Summary:We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Support Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our professional services team, you will provide exceptional administrative support to students and staff, ensuring the smooth delivery of our teaching and...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job DescriptionRole SummaryWe are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Support Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our professional services team, you will provide exceptional administration support to students and staff, contributing to the delivery of our teaching and research programs.Main...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job DescriptionRole SummaryWe are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented College Support Administrator to join our team at the University of Birmingham. As a key member of our professional services team, you will provide exceptional administration support to students and staff, contributing to the delivery of our teaching and research programs.Main...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

    Job SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Business Operations Director to join our team at the University of Birmingham. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Centre's Directors in the day-to-day management of the Centre and will report to the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.Main ResponsibilitiesSupport...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: Head of Wellbeing and CounsellingLocation: BirminghamSalary: £47,874 - £55,295 per annumJob type: Full time, PermanentUniversity College Birmingham is proud to have been recognised for its commitment to student wellbeing and academic excellence. As the Head of Wellbeing and Counselling, you will play a key role in shaping the university's...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: Head of Wellbeing and CounsellingLocation: BirminghamSalary: £47,874 - £55,295 per annumJob type: Full time, PermanentUniversity College Birmingham is proud to have been recognised for its commitment to student wellbeing and academic excellence. As the Head of Wellbeing and Counselling, you will play a key role in shaping the university's...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Deputy Head of Estates MaintenanceWe are seeking a dedicated individual to join our Estates and Facilities team as a Deputy Maintenance Manager (MEP) at University College Birmingham.Key Responsibilities:Support the Maintenance Manager in leading the University's maintenance operationsSupervise the work of Maintenance Technicians and ApprenticesConduct...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Deputy Head of Estates MaintenanceWe are seeking a dedicated individual to join our Estates and Facilities team as a Deputy Maintenance Manager (MEP) at University College Birmingham.Key Responsibilities:Support the Maintenance Manager in leading the University's maintenance operationsSupervise the work of Maintenance Technicians and ApprenticesConduct...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: Head of Wellbeing and CounsellingLocation: BirminghamSalary: £47,874 - £55,295 per annumJob type: Full time, PermanentUniversity College Birmingham is proud to have been recognised for its commitment to student wellbeing and academic excellence. As the Head of Wellbeing and Counselling, you will play a key role in shaping the university's...


  • Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University College Birmingham Full time

    Job Title: Head of Wellbeing and CounsellingLocation: BirminghamSalary: £47,874 - £55,295 per annumJob type: Full time, PermanentUniversity College Birmingham is proud to have been recognised for its commitment to student wellbeing and academic excellence. As the Head of Wellbeing and Counselling, you will play a key role in shaping the university's...

College Head of Operations

3 months ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,585 to £54,395 with potential progression once in post to £61,198. Grade 8

Closes: 15th August 2024

This role acts as the primary wellbeing and student experience contact working closely with senior academics and Professional Services colleagues to put students at the heart of everything we do. The post carries a high degree of autonomy, with management and advisory responsibility for the student experience and wellbeing teams, maintains oversight of complex student cases and is responsible for service improvements.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • To build and maintain effective relationships with College professional services and academic staff, Guild of Students, and central teams ensuring effective pathways for liaison, support, training and development opportunities, embedding the student voice and empowering staff and students to drive positive change.
  • To act as the primary contact and work with Central Wellbeing Services in leading the College's provision of first line support and advice to students.
  • Formulating a long-term strategy for improving student experience within the College, creating a community and standardising the approach.
  • Manage major student experience and wellbeing change projects and respond positively and effectively to a range of discrete opportunities and challenges which arise both internally and externally including supplying and manipulating relevant management information.
  • Evaluate service provision and recommend and implement innovative solutions to improve quality and efficiency
  • Manage the diverse Student Experience and Wellbeing, team ensuring relevant targets and goals are achieved within resource constraints delivering support where required to intermediary manager

Skills and Knowledge:

  • An excellent understanding of the student lifecycle with extensive experience of student facing service delivery and working with students and staff at all levels.
  • Demonstrable experience of using innovative and creative approaches to developing teams and services to achieve excellent outcomes and using innovative solutions to complex problems.
  • Experience of managing and leading change, influencing cultural change and breaking down barriers to effective working across disciplines including writing policies and strategies to support local change.
  • Ability to monitor and evaluate the extent to which equality and diversity legislation, policies, procedures are applied.
  • Significant experience of managing staff through intermediate managers; including experience of devising and implementing complex staff structures.
  • Ability to manage own workload, plan effectively, balance competing priorities and work to deadlines
  • Experience of interpreting management information and a high level of data and computer literacy.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex messages to non-experts and to influence and negotiate effectively with a range of stakeholders.
  • Experience of delivering projects to high standards with minimal supervision to tight deadlines

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Educated to Degree level (or equivalent qualifications) plus significant relevant practical experience – where no equivalent qualification is held substantial practical relevant experience and expertise in a series of progressively more demanding roles will be required.
  • Substantial experience at a senior management level of developing and implementing plans in a large and complex organisation.

Informal enquiries to Sheila Boniface

To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the 'Apply' button above.

Valuing excellence, sustaining investment
We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working

£45,585 to £54,395. Grade 8