Independent Governor

The University of Wolverhampton is partnering with Nurole, the leading board-level hiring platform, to find four new Governors.

**About**:
Based at campuses in Wolverhampton, Walsall and Telford, the University of Wolverhampton has over 21,000 students and 2,200 staff. Thriving on diversity, the University has a tradition of providing opportunity and academic excellence dating back nearly 200 years. It welcomes a vast range of students — over 40% are over 25 years old on enrolment, many are the first in their families to attend university, and its alumni hail from hundreds of countries across the globe.

As it looks to the future, the University plans to continue focusing on student outcomes, to attract, retain and develop talent, and to consolidate its financial position. The University has recently appointed the experienced John Raftery as Vice-Chancellor and will seek to appoint a permanent Vice-Chancellor in the autumn. With a new strategy to be devised, now is an exciting time to join the University of Wolverhampton as a Governor and play a key role in shaping its future.

**Role specification**:
The Board of Governors has responsibility for ensuring that measures are in place for the effective ‌management of the University of Wolverhampton.

Governors are not managers of University business; this is the remit of the Vice-Chancellor. Governors operate at a strategic level, determining the University's mission and ensuring this is undertaken in a financially prudent way, to drive the University forward.

Under the Articles of Government the Board of Governors has responsibility for:

- The determination of the educational character and mission of the University and for oversight of its activities, including the exercise of degree-awarding powers
- The effective and efficient use of resources, the solvency of the University of Wolverhampton and the Corporation and for safeguarding their assets
- Approving annual estimates of income and expenditure
- The appointment, grading, appraisal, suspension, dismissal and determination of the pay and conditions of service of the Vice-Chancellor, the Clerk and the holders of such other senior posts as the Board of Governors may determine
- Setting a framework for the pay and conditions of service of all other staff

**Person specification**:
Governor & Chair of Audit and Risk Committee

Governor (Higher Education / Regulation)
- Regulation_: They will have occupied a senior role in a regulated sector or regulatory body (e.g education, charity, finance, health, law or other highly-regulated sectors).

Human Resources / Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

**Board composition**:
Further details of current Governors can be found here.

**Terms of appointment**:
**Location**:
**The deadline for consideration is 30 March.**:
**The University of Opportunity for Students and Staff