Role and responsibilities
As Dean of the Nottingham University Business School you will be responsible for:
- Strategic leadership, acting as an inspiring role model
- Development and leadership of a strong school leadership team to progress and implement all aspects of the school’s strategy in accordance with delegated responsibility from the FPVC; setting appropriate goals and accountabilities
- Be accountable to the FPVC for all aspects of the performance and running of their school
- Be accountable for resource and budget management, as devolved by the FPVC, for the effective planning, management and delivery of target budgets allocated
- Development of the educational and research capacity and talent of the school; working with the FPVC and Associate FPVCs as appropriate
- Working in partnership with the Deans in China and Malaysia on new and existing programmes and research collaborations
- Active contribution to the faculty Executive Board and the overall leadership and management of the faculty, including strategic planning and direction setting.
- Undertake functional responsibility for specific agreed faculty cross cutting activities when requested
- Engage in ongoing personal development relevant to the role
- To undertake original research of international excellence in a relevant area and to contribute fully to research activities of the school
Leadership
Alongside the Faculty, School Executive, and with help and support from other leaders within the School to:
- Lead on the further development of the Business School’s vision and strategy, setting out the school’s priorities in relation to research & knowledge exchange, education, teaching and learning/innovation, student experience, external and international engagement and accreditation, whilst contributing to the strategic aims of the daculty/University and taking account of external factors. To engage, inspire and consult with stakeholders on the development and implementation of the strategy
- Be a role model for leadership behaviour and build the school’s research profile and academic reputation, ensuring the highest standards of academic excellence are achieved
- Provide people-focused leadership; creating and setting a vision for the future which staff understand and can engage with
- Promote and represent the school, faculty and University both internally and externally. Role model the culture and ethos of the University to enhance its reputation. Provide an external voice for the school and promote international partnerships
- Contribute to University led activities on behalf of the School, for example Senate and Senior Leaders Forum. Serve as a point of contact between the University, the faculty and the school
Research
- Provide leadership to achieve the school’s research strategic priorities. Facilitate a dynamic and forward looking research environment which fosters integration, innovation, research development and collaboration. Develop and maintain the highest research standards
- Ensure the highest levels of quality, integrity and ethics in all research undertaken
- Maintain oversight of REF preparations, grant capture and study leave
Education and Student Experience
- Provide leadership to achieve the school’s education and student experience strategic priorities. Ensure the continuous improvement of teaching and learning to provide the best possible teaching and student experience
- Ensure students are at the heart of the University and that opportunities are identified that can enable students to be included in appropriate decision making processes
- Deliver student recruitment targets, in conjunction with central admissions teams
- Deal effectively with student complaints
External Engagement and Knowledge Exchange
- Provide leadership to achieve the school’s external engagement strategic priorities. To strengthen the School’s reputation as an engaged Business School with stakeholder partnerships and networks, broad-based capacity to address contemporary business issues and grand challenges at regional, national and international levels and critical mass of expertise in key areas
- Enable others to create and exploit new opportunities for knowledge exchange activity to secure additional income streams and new areas of research/teaching
Accreditation
- In line with the school’s ambition to achieve triple accreditation, collaborate with the Deans at the overseas campuses and to provide leadership and management for the achievement and maintenance of multi-campus business school accreditations (to include AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB)
People Management
- Engender a values-based culture driving excellence in staff engagement, communications, equality, diversity, dignity, inclusion and wellbeing, within and beyond the School environment. Foster an ethos of cooperation, collaboration and mutual respect. Commit to equality of opportunity for both students and staff, respecting and encouraging diversity throughout the School
- Develop and deliver appropriate structures for management, consultation, decision making and communication with staff and students. To enable effective team working for academic and administrative colleagues, with a vibrant working environment and positive staff culture across the School
- To attract, nurture, support and develop talented individuals, enabling them to flourish and succeed in achieving their goals, contributing to the success of the school, faculty and University
- Develop and deliver the school’s people planning (including ensuring appropriate resources are in place)
- Ensure that staff performance is appropriately managed and that fair workload allocation is in place. Implement a recruitment and retention strategy in consultation with the faculty
- Ensure all staff in the school are appropriately managed, following relevant HR policies and tackling issues of complaints and conflict in a timely and appropriate manner
Financial Management
- Empower the school’s senior team to manage devolved budgets and income and expenditure to promote financial sustainability and drive growth of income and/or value for money requirements in line with agreed KPIs
Health and Safety
- Be responsible for health and safety within the school. Create a positive, open and supportive health and safety culture where staff at all levels proactively engage with their own and others safety and health, aligned to current University policies, processes and best practice
Governance / Assurance
- Ensure that all appropriate University policies, operating procedures and regulations are implemented