Head of Design and Continuous Improvement

2 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds Full time

**Head of Design and Continuous Improvement**:
**Salary: Grade 9 (£56,021 - £64,914 p.a. depending on experience)**:
This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

The University of Leeds is one of the top 135 universities in the world, with a truly global community. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

The Head of Design and Continuous Improvement is an exciting and dynamic leadership role reporting to the University’s Director of the Transformation Office with a university-wide remit for design and continuous improvement. Based in the Transformation Office but working in close collaboration with leaders and colleagues across the University you will play a major role in developing our institutional culture by embedding a positive approach to improving service design, processes and continuous improvement and influencing how it is managed and implemented across the organisation.

This is a new role and you will have the opportunity to shape it as part of our implementation of a Design Office, which will provide services to the university with the aim of improving how our processes are designed and improved from the outset to ensure deliverability confidence.

You will respond to both system demand and driving planned delivery, and will use practice, theory, and research to support individual, team, departmental and whole system organisation improvements.

**What we offer in return**:

- 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - that’s 42 days a year
- Generous pension scheme plus life assurance - the University contributes 21.6% of salary.
- Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more

**To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact**:
Jenny Baynes, Director of the Transformation Office

**Location**:

- Leeds - Main Campus**Faculty/Service**:

- Professional Services**School/Institute**:

- Transformation Office - Central Operations**Category**:

- Professional & Managerial**Grade**:

- Grade 9**Salary**:

- £56,021 to £64,914 per annum**Post Type**:

- Full Time**Contract Type**:

- Ongoing**Release Date**:

- Tuesday 28 November 2023**Closing Date**:

- Tuesday 02 January 2024**Reference**:

- PSTOCO1004**Further details**:



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