Head of the Business School
Vacancy Details
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Salary: | Competitive Salary |
Location: | OXSTALLS CAMPUS |
Job Type: | Senior Management |
Closing Date: | 09/02/2020 |
Date Posted: | 14/01/2020 |
Reference: | SM106 |
Description
Thank you for your interest in joining the
University of Gloucestershire as Head of the Business School.
This is a critical role for the University of
Gloucestershire that embodies our approach to integrating the delivery of
business education to our students with wider goals to support business and
economic development regionally. In addition to delivering programmes and
research across business, management and law, our Business School is home to
the Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (GFirstLEP) and Growth Hub,
bringing together business, expert staff and students in a state-of-the-art new
building in Gloucester. Our University in Business service unit is also
embedded in the School and collectively the University, GFirstLEP and the
Growth Hub play a vital role in helping local businesses grow as well as
providing students with crucial industry experience, knowledge exchange and
employability.
We are evolving the current School of Business and
Technology into two separate Schools
- the Business School and the
School of Computing and Engineering. We
have taken this decision to enable us to make the most of a wide range of
exciting opportunities for both Schools, for which we need to strengthen our
leadership capacity and focus. The new Head
of the Business School will have the opportunity to lead, manage and support
colleagues to further achievement in today’s competitive and challenging
environment. This is an excellent career opportunity, to be in at the beginning
of forming a new School in a new building, taking forward existing strengths to
develop a School that is distinctive, exemplary and respected for the depth and
breadth of its integration with business.
The Head of School will be a member of the
University’s Academic Leadership Group, which brings together the University
Executive with all Heads of School, meeting regularly to provide academic
leadership for the University. As such
you will play a significant part in the senior decision making of the University.
We are seeking candidates with academic backgrounds
related to any one of the constituent elements of the Business School (business
administration, law, accounting and finance, events and hospitality, marketing)
and leadership experience gained in multidisciplinary academic environments. Direct experience of business will be a major
advantage. Importantly, you will have a
keen understanding of the competitive UK HE Business School climate, with proven
ability to drive student recruitment, retention and satisfaction, high-quality
research and practice-informed teaching, and deepen relationships with an
engaged local business community.
At the University of Gloucestershire, we are
dedicated to the wellbeing of our students and our community. We aspire to
enable every student to achieve their full potential, through outstanding
support for their learning and giving them a broad and rich experience, which
prepares them well for rewarding lives and successful careers.
We pride ourselves on being an academic community
which values positive human relationships, promoting belonging, and supporting
individuals to flourish. In challenging times for the university sector, we
continue to thrive, achieving real progress and success in student
satisfaction, graduate employment and community impact.
If you are interested in developing your career at a forward-thinking, ambitious university with a real commitment to our students and our community, we look forward to hearing from you. For further details, including a job description, person specification and information on how to apply, please visit https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/ quoting reference 4478.
Closing Date: 5.00 pm on Sunday 9th February 2020.