Head of Planning and Operations

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom University College London Full time

**Ref Number**

B09-01109

**Professional Expertise**

Professional Services Leadership

**Department**

Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) (B09)

**Location**

London

**Working Pattern**

Full time

**Salary**

£65,698-£71,357

**Contract Type**

Fixed-term

**Working Type**

Hybrid

**Available For Secondment**

Yes

**Closing Date**

19-May-2024

**About us**:
UCL is a radically different university. Founded in 1826 in the heart of London we are a multidisciplinary university, with more than 16,000 staff and 50,000 students from over 150 countries. We were the first university in England to welcome students of any religion and the first to welcome women on equal terms with men. UCL is a diverse community with the freedom and courage to challenge, to question and to think differently.

UCL is regularly ranked amongst the top 10 universities in the world and recently named University of the Year 2024 by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024. As well as being a global leader in teaching, UCL is also recognised as one of the most successful research institutions in the world, ranked 2nd in the UK for research power and 1st in London (REF 2021). Our progressive approach to teaching and research, our world leading academics, curious students and outstanding staff continually pursue excellence, break boundaries, and make an impact on real world problems.

The newly created Research Culture Team provides institutional leadership on the development of UCL’s research culture by designing, coordinating and implementing an ambitious programme of change and by providing support to Faculties and departments for local initiatives.

The team is based in RIGE (Office of the Vice-Provost Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) which brings together a range of functions, services and resources for the UCL community and external partners. RIGE is dedicated to supporting people, crossing boundaries and enabling responsible impact - for the greater good, locally, nationally and internationally.

**About the role**:
**We are recruiting for a Head of Planning and Operations to join the Research Culture team. This role is available as a secondment for internal UCL staff only, from 1st July 2024 to 31st December 2024.**

Reporting to the Director of Research Culture, the Head of Planning and Operations will form part of the Research Culture Leadership team and will lead on planning, reporting finance, HR and team development as well as communications and data workstreams. Responsible for a number of direct reports, they will manage and coach the growing operations team and effectively collaborate with key partners across UCL.

Responsibilities for this role include:

- Managing specialists to improve the data and communications needed to underpin a healthy research culture.
- Leading planning and reporting against institutional commitments related to Research Culture.
- Lead on the governance of the Research Culture Programme.
- Coordinates support to optimise the performance of the Research Culture team.

Further detail about the duties and responsibilities of this role can be seen in the attached JD.

**About you**:
To be considered for this role, you should be educated to degree level, or gave substantial relevant experience in a similar role. You must have experience of implementing strategic plans in a complex business or academic environment and significant knowledge or lived experience of research culture. You should have experience in leading teams to achieve shared objectives and manaaging direct reports.

You are a strategic thinker, able to plan for the medium and long term as well as the day-to day. You have excellent financial skills and proven ability to write concise and persuasive reports, proposals, business cases and planning documents for senior stakeholders. You have excellent analytical skills, a strong sense of problem ownership and solving capability, and excellent stakeholder management skills.

**What we offer**:
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

- 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance

**Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**:
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent.

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