PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES APPOINTMENT DETAILS
FEBRUARY 2017 Welcome from Professor Alistair Fitt, Vice-Chancellor
Dear candidate Allied Health Research and will provide a model of education, research and ongoing professional development that attracts and retains I am delighted that you have expressed an interest in becoming our Pro the volume and calibre of students to which we aspire, and which Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. will directly benefit patient health. As part of these ambitious plans, Oxford Brookes has established its position as one of the top modern we expect to be ranked within the top five UK Schools of Nursing universities in the country, consistently ranked amongst the highest and Midwifery within five years and amongst the leading schools in its peer group. With a long-standing reputation for innovation, it internationally within ten years. continues to redefine excellence in higher education as a distinctive and The faculty also comprises a vibrant life sciences community with a successful player in a complex and competitive market. particularly strong research-led bioscience department with a portfolio We are keenly aware of the economic, social and cultural world around of research council and charity grant funding, a world-class bioimaging us, and our responsibility to contribute to society and ensure that our centre and dynamic doctoral training programme that includes students thrive. We seek to offer a dynamic portfolio of courses, a membership of the Oxford BBSRC Biology DTC. sustainable approach to research, and an agile infrastructure so that we Our Pro Vice-Chancellors and Deans are all members of the University’s maintain our position as a premier learning and teaching institution with Senior Management Team and hold a portfolio for a strategic area of a strong research record. cross-university activity. The focus of the portfolio will be discussed and This is a very exciting time for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences determined with the successful candidate, and may change from time and we are seeking an exceptional leader to maximise opportunities to time. right across the faculty, resulting in a step change in our impact and We are looking for an exceptional individual, capable of providing our reputation. outstanding academic leadership and taking forward faculty ambitions We have much to build on: our close, positive and dynamic for research, teaching and innovation, as well as a proven track record partnerships with Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust and in managing change. The successful candidate will have the necessary Oxford Health Foundation Trust; our Oxford brand and proximity to standing to act as a figurehead and representative of the University London; and our unique position as the only modern university with a nationally and internationally, especially in relation to health and life partnership in an Academic Health Science Centre. In addition we are sciences. S/he will strongly identify with the ambitions and values of committed to continuing the faculty’s trajectory of success both in the the University and will be able to engage with stakeholders from across Research Excellence Framework – where we saw successes across a the whole university community as well as nurture strategic external number of units of assessment – and in our positive National Student partnerships. Survey results. The redevelopment of the main science building on Thank you for your interest in this position. I hope that the following our Headington campus, as well as the move of our Swindon-based pages and accompanying documents will give you a helpful and courses to a new, modern facility, mean we have excellent teaching exciting picture of the University and its potential. and research facilities to support this aspiration. On the health side, this is a unique period of change in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions both in terms of funding and the model of education. To meet these challenges, as well as take full advantage of the opportunities, we are in the process of creating a new School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with our local Professor Alistair Fitt NHS trusts and are recruiting its founding director. The School will also Vice-Chancellor be home to our newly formed Oxford Institute for Nursing, Midwifery & SUCCESS AT OXFORD BROOKES
Oxford Brookes is a forward-looking university with a longstanding reputation for employability. Our graduates go on to jobs with local and global companies including IBM, BMW, Microsoft, Virgin Atlantic and KPMG amongst others. We also have significant research strengths - 94 per cent of Brookes research was judged to be internationally recognised and 59 per cent judged ‘world- leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in REF 2014.
■■ 87 per cent of Brookes students are satisfied with their student experience, meaning the University continues to outperform the sector average (National Student Survey 2016)
■■ Nine subjects ranked in the Top 20 nationally in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017
■■ 12 years of success with our Associate College Partnership, which offers students alternative ways to gain qualifications
■■ 230,000 accountancy students worldwide can top-up to a Brookes degree through an innovative partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
■■ Oxford Brookes University contributes over £1m a day to the UK economy.
To achieve the next level of success, we are working to deliver our 2020 strategy. In particular we are working towards:
■■ A student experience of unparalleled reputation and renown
■■ A modern, inspirational setting to study and learn
■■ A world-class, focused and selective research portfolio
■■ An enviable international reputation and footprint
■■ Building our role as a key regional influencer
■■ Outstanding partnerships, speaking to our connectedness
■■ Sector-leading infrastructure, services and IT
■■ Financial sustainability, generating surpluses for agreed reinvestment plans. 2020 STRATEGY OUR MISSION Oxford Brookes University is committed to leading the intellectual, social “Oxford Brookes University will provide an and economic development of the communities it serves through teaching, exceptional, student-centred experience which is research and creativity that achieve the highest standards. based on both internationally significant research OUR STRATEGIC GOALS External and pedagogic best practice. We will build on a Student experience We will be a university dedicated to improving the human condition in Oxfordshire and tradition of distinction in academic, professional We will be a university that enables a student around the world. and social engagement to enhance our reputation experience of the highest standard possible. We will: as a university which educates confident citizens We will: ■■ harness the enterprising creativity, ■■ ensure that learning and teaching are at the characterised by their generosity of spirit.” knowledge, and commitment of the leading edge and relevant to contemporary University’s academics, staff and students contexts to benefit urban and rural communities ■■ provide an environment where students principally within Oxfordshire are proactively engaged in shaping their ■■ further develop mutually beneficial experience through influencing learning partnerships to facilitate the application and extra-curricular policy, processes and of the University’s education, research outcomes. and knowledge exchange nationally and Research and knowledge exchange internationally, and to prepare the University’s graduates to be engaged We will be a university that is committed to externally recognised world-leading research global citizens. which is translated and disseminated for the Infrastructure and services benefit of our communities. We will be a university characterised by its We will: sector-leading, high quality, sustainable and cost-effective services, operating within a ■■ focus on the areas of research which culture of continuous improvement. are, or have the potential to be, recognised as world-leading and encourage multi - and We will: interdisciplinary research activity across the ■■ manage our activities to achieve University self-sustaining and robust finances and a ■■ increase the exploitation and dissemination strong position relative to the HE sector
of the highest quality research and ■■ develop and enhance the quality and collaboration with other higher education efficiency of the University’s infrastructure institutions and the public, private and and services. third sector.
THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Oxford Brookes has a consistent track record of success over many decades. We’re a very popular choice for prospective students from all backgrounds, both in the UK and around the world. We received about 4.8 applications per place in the 2016 entry. Our overall student body of approximately 18,000 has been stable over recent years and about 16 per cent of our Oxford-based students are international students. Delivering an exceptional student experience is central to our strategy, and we continue to measure success in the National Student Survey. In our latest results, 87 per cent of students reported that they were satisfied with their course. A major success story has been our Associate College Partnership. Over the last 12 years this partnership has grown and we now have over 1,300 students at seven different colleges on over 50 programmes. Students coming to Brookes from these Foundation programmes tend to be highly engaged, come from a more diverse background, and are generally among the best performing students in the University. Oxford Brookes is also a co-sponsor of UTC Swindon and The Oxford Academy. “There is real
STAYING AHEAD quality in We aim to provide a student experience of unparalleled reputation and renown, and to do so we need to continue to the provision improve. offered by We are working on action plans to improve our performance in the National Student Survey and we’re actively engaging in the new Teaching Excellence Framework. Brookes.”
The Sunday Times Good University Guide OUR RESEARCH: RESEARCH AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS SOME EXAMPLES
OUR RESEARCH Brookes KTPs have been awarded the top grade – Pioneering research by ‘outstanding’ – in independent reviews and we’ve won Research at Oxford Brookes University enjoys an Professor Helen Dawes the award for the best KTP in the UK. international reputation, attracting high quality staff and the Movement Science and students. We are committed to building research Our income from intellectual property continues to Group at Oxford Brookes excellence: growing the quantity and quality of our be one of the highest of all UK higher education has led to significant research through a focused and selective portfolio is institutions. Principal contributor to this is a suite of improvements in exercise essential in achieving an ambitious future in the higher antibodies licensed to a major diagnostics company for people with neurological education sector. for tests in the field of reproductive endocrinology, conditions, who often face including the detection of Down’s syndrome. barriers to exercising in the We were successful in the last Research Excellence local community. Framework (REF 2014), which showed 94 per cent of Brookes research to be internationally recognised and 59 per cent judged ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally Researchers at the excellent’. This resulted in an increase in the University’s GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS Oxford Institute of Sustainable Development QR funding for 2015-16 from £3.44m to £4.84m. This Oxford Brookes is a university with an international at Brookes have improved equates to an increase of 41 per cent compared to a outlook and reach. We understand the importance the design of zero carbon three per cent rise across the sector. of global partnerships and are working towards an homes planned near enviable international footprint and reputation. Our strategy has been to develop our recognised Oxford. Through research research portfolio across all faculties, while nurturing The University already has a number of successful into shading, ventilation our emerging strengths. Oxford Brookes has international partnerships and we are looking to and materials, the improved committed a central research fund from its own deepen and strengthen these, as well as seek out design will help the resources to support research studentships, research new opportunities. We are particularly interested in 5,000 planned new excellence awards and international travel and the possibilities afforded by international research homes stay cool. partnerships. In addition to this we support research partnerships. We believe a key to success is to staff development, including funding promising forge university-level, multi-dimensional strategic Professor Chris Hawes researchers and sabbaticals. We have recently partnerships across a range of disciplines and leads an internationally announced the recipients of our inaugural Research are currently in negotiations to develop this renowned research group Excellence Awards, which support research-active arrangement in Malaysia. academics with funding towards research leave or studying the organisation employment of a research assistant. We hold the HR and function of the plant Excellence in Research award. endomembrane system. His work has resulted in Major funding comes from research councils, numerous high impact charitable trusts, industry and government. In recent papers and has challenged years we have been particularly successful in winning models. Professor Hawes competitive funding from UK government departments was recognised for his vital and from the European Commission. In 2014 we were work in this area, becoming awarded £749,000 by the BBSRC to buy a scanning a Royal Microscopical electron microscope to work in partnership with the Society Honorary Fellow. University of Oxford on 3D cell imaging. Through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), we have produced significant benefits for our partner businesses. In the last five years, over half of THE FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
■■ Around 350 staff and 4500 students. ■■ In 2017 we are launching a new School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with ■■ The Faculty holds a Silver Athena SWAN our two local NHS trusts (Oxford University award Hospitals Foundation Trust and Oxford ■■ Discipline areas: Biological & Medical Health Foundation Trust) under the umbrella Sciences, Psychology, Public Health, Social of the Oxford Academic Health Science Work, Sport, Nutrition, Nursing, Midwifery, Centre (AHSC). The School aims to and Allied Health Professions (AHP), become a world-class unit encompassing including Occupational Therapy, undergraduate, postgraduate and Physiotherapy, Paramedic Science advanced clinical programmes, and to and Operating Department Practice. The foster a vibrant and productive research faculty also operates a successful CPD and culture through the newly created Oxford consultancy unit that largely provides short Institute for Nursing, Midwifery & Allied courses for the health professions. Health Research (OxINMAHR), which will sit within the new School. ■■ The Faculty delivers a range of excellent UG and PGT programmes and has a strong ■■ The Faculty estate is currently benefitting research degree provision, delivered from significant investment in which the through a faculty-wide doctoral training main science building on the Headington programme. The Faculty also delivers a Campus is partway through a £22m range of courses at FdSc level through a refurbishment to create state-of-the art number of partner colleges. research and teaching spaces. Summer 2016 saw the opening of our bio imaging ■■ The Faculty enjoyed a strong return to REF unit with world-class facilities for 2014 with key research strengths and microscopy and imaging. Further impact in biosciences (top rated UoA5 developments will come into operation from submission for a modern university), March 2017. psychology (UoA4) and allied health including rehabilitation/movement science ■■ The summer also marked the move of our (UoA3). For more information, please visit Swindon-based activity (Adult Nursing www.hls.brookes.ac.uk/research Degree and Diploma courses, Operating Department Practice course and CPD ■■ The Faculty has an outstanding record provision) to a new, modern home - the for innovation and knowledge exchange. Joel Joffe building.This refurbished space Oxford Brookes is in the top ten universities provides clinical skills labs, library and for income generated from IP, from patents social learning space as well as more almost exclusively filed by Biosciences, room for us to grow our provision in the which has also generated three spin out town. companies and established a Bio Innovation Hub on campus.
OUR VALUES In the development and nurturing of intellectual and enterprising creativity, we make our highest contribution to society. Social responsibility demands that all aspects of our activity should be sustainable. Equality, inclusivity and the celebration of diversity must be the foundation for all we do. We will never be content with anything other than a wholehearted commitment to the quality of the student experience. We will continue to enhance the value - and the perception of value - of our social as well as educational mission. OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES These are defined as: Generosity of spirit We believe people flourish in a culture of respect and support, where we celebrate difference and thrive on each other’s success. Our students manifest a generosity of spirit as they progress in the world. Confidence We have confidence in our staff and OUR STAFF AND CULTURE students, and we know that we prepare our graduates well for a fulfilling and Oxford Brookes University employs 2,800 regular campus briefings on university policy Oxford Brookes demonstrates a wholehearted valuable life. Through their success, staff. We recognise that our staff are key to and direction, improvements to management commitment to equality and diversity, led from we continue to earn our outstanding our continuing success and we aim to provide information, feedback opportunities in staff the top by the senior management team. We reputation. comprehensive and progressive employment newsletters and new channels in use, such hold an institutional Bronze Athena SWAN Connectedness conditions. We have a wide range of as a staff Twitter stream and internal digital award, we are engaged with the Aurora Our academic excellence is underpinned supportive policies including flexible working, screens. women’s development programme and we by a history of learning by doing. Our extensive provision for staff development, have joined the Stonewall Diversity Champions Oxford Brookes ran its second staff connections and our Oxford roots are opportunities for career progression and a programme. recognition awards scheme earlier this fundamental to our students’ experiences growing emphasis on the staff experience. year. Again, there was a high level of staff and our successful future. Consultation and participation are important engagement, with around 700 nominations Enterprising creativity attributes of staff relations with staff received. The awards were based on our We’re adaptable and flexible, and consider contributing to key decisions and senior guiding principles, which were agreed in 2013 a fresh approach in everything we do staff appointments. There has been a step after extensive consultation with staff and - because we know our sustainability change in internal communications through students on what makes Brookes special. depends on a pioneering spirit. OUR OXFORD
Oxford is a beautiful city with a rich cultural history. The city is Oxford Brookes University’s impact is profound, from our economic famous for education and architecture, museums and green spaces. contribution of £1m per day to the UK economy, through our links With a population of over 150,000 residents, 20 per cent of whom with the high-skill regional economy to the expertise of our nurses are students, the city has a vibrant and cosmopolitan atmosphere. and teachers in local schools and hospitals. We partner up to raise aspirations in schools and to provide high-level consultancy to small Today there are nearly 3,400 businesses in Oxford providing and medium sized enterprises. approximately 106,000 jobs. Tourism is a thriving economy in the city, generating more than £740m annually. Oxfordshire itself is home Oxford is only an hour from London by train and many placements to over 1,400 high-tech firms, and contains more science parks and field trips make the most of this easy access. Brookes is than any other county in the UK. We also enjoy strong strategic well served by a regular coach service to central London and to partnerships with local trusts, Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Trust and Oxford Health Foundation Trust. More information about the city of Oxford and the surrounding area is available at http://www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com
“Brookes’ links in the region mean great opportunities for work placements across all areas.” The Guardian University Guide 2014 OUR CAMPUSES
Oxford Brookes University operates on three campuses in the Sinclair building, to provide modern teaching space and Our future plans Oxford (Headington, Harcourt Hill and Wheatley) with a laboratories for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. In January 2015, we announced our ten-year estate investment smaller campus in Swindon, focused on nursing education. The Harcourt Hill campus is home to a range of subjects, plan. With a planned cost of £20m per annum, this will result The Headington campus is made up of three sites. Set including the School of Education. The original Westminster in a student-centred, integrated and sustainable campus in mature parkland, the Headington Hill Site is home to our College, founded in 1851, has had a home in Harcourt Hill environment which reinforces the University’s identity and School of Arts and School of Law while the Marston Road since the 1950s and merged with Oxford Brookes University guiding principles, and continues to attract high calibre staff Site is a dedicated space for the Faculty of Health and Life in 2000. In 2012 Westminster Hall was opened, providing and students. Sciences. The Gipsy Lane Site has been the main focus of modern, purpose-built residential accommodation for both The plan sets out a significant programme of refurbishment, recent campus investment. undergraduate and postgraduate students. with some potential new build at Headington and Harcourt Hill In February 2014, the new John Henry Brookes Building The Wheatley campus became part of the Oxford and an aim to rebalance academic activity between these two opened its doors and is the most significant capital project in Polytechnic estate in 1975. Over recent years, the campus has campuses. This means that the whole Faculty of Humanaties the history of Oxford Brookes University. It has transformed seen investment in an Engineering and Motorsport Centre, as and Social Sciences will be based at Harcourt in the coming the experiences of our students and the wider university well as modern undergraduate and postgraduate centres. years, together with part of the Department of Sports and community. A £132m development, it houses the library, Health Sciences. The University also intends to move all its The Swindon campus has recently moved to new premises. teaching rooms, social study areas, student support services, activity from the Wheatley campus and sell this site. The Joel Joffe Building provides clinical skills labs and a catering facilities and Brookes Union. modern teaching location. Oxford Brookes Business School will move from Wheatley into Designed by architects Design Engine, it has won a number of completely modernised facilities on the Gipsy Lane site architecture awards. It incorporates a number of sustainable and it is expected that this will take place in 2017. The features that have helped it achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. relocation of the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment from Wheatley to Headington will follow - it is Work is currently underway on our Gipsy Lane site to refurbish currently expected that this will take place by 2021/22. OUR LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND FINANCES
As Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean for the OUR FINANCES Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, you will Oxford Brookes University has a long be a member of Oxford Brookes University’s track record of delivering surpluses and Senior Management Team (SMT), which achieving strong financial performance comprises ten roles: against sector KPIs. Our total income in the Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor 2015/16 was £192.6m, which generated (Student Experience), Pro Vice-Chancellor a £12.5m operating surplus. Our annual (Research and Global Partnerships), Registrar financial statements can be found on our and Chief Operating Officer, Director of website http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about- Finance and Legal Services, Director of brookes/structure-and-governance/ Human Resources and four Pro Vice- financial-statements/ Chancellor/Deans who lead the faculties. Over the past few years the University has You will report to the Vice-Chancellor who, been delivering a significant capital investment in turn, reports to the Board of Governors. programme to address increased student In addition to faculty leadership, each of the expectations and an ageing building stock. four Pro Vice Chancellor/Deans has a cross- The first phase of this work was completed in university leadership remit. 2014, culminating in the opening of the £132m award-winning John Henry Brookes Building. Executive Board is the operational decision- making body, which comprises SMT together The University is planning for strong surpluses with senior staff of our professional services to fund investment over the next three years directorates and an additional member of whilst ensuring that we continue to prioritise academic staff from each faculty. our resources to support an excellent student experience and to encourage growth The University’s Chancellor is Olympic gold in research and commercial activity. Our medallist Dame Katherine Grainger PhD. forecasts assume a lower but more consistent annual level of investment in the estate for the next ten years, alongside a £20m investment in IT infrastructure over the next five years. We will need to maintain our strong financial management to manage our borrowings and have recently tested our strength in the marketplace through a private placement exercise, which resulted in securing £60 million of funding.
OUR STRUCTURE - OUR FACULTIES
OXFORD FACULTY OF FACULTY OF FACULTY OF BROOKES HEALTH HUMANITIES TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS AND LIFE AND SOCIAL DESIGN AND SCHOOL SCIENCES* SCIENCES ENVIRONMENT
Business School Department of School of Education School of Architecture Biological and Medical Sciences
Oxford School Department of Department of School of Arts of Hospitality Nursing English and Modern Management Languages
Department of School of History, Department of Psychology, Social Philosophy and Computing and Work and Public Culture Communication Health Technologies
Department of Sport School of Law Department of and Health Sciences Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Institute of Public Care School of the Built Applied Health Environment and Professional Development
* From 1 August two departments - Nursing and Department of Social Midwifery, Community & Public Health - will sit Sciences under the umbrella of the new School of Nursing & Midwifery. The other departments will be: Psychology, Health & Professional Development, Sport, Health Sciences & Social Work and Biological & Medical Sciences. OUR STRUCTURE - OUR DIRECTORATES
DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE OXFORD OF ACADEMIC OF OF ESTATES OF FINANCE OF HUMAN OF LEARNING BROOKES AND STUDENT CORPORATE AND AND LEGAL RESOURCES RESOURCES INFORMATION AFFAIRS AFFAIRS FACILITIES SERVICES SOLUTIONS - MANAGEMENT IT SERVICES
Academic Office Communications Centre for Sports Commercial and Centre for Diversity Academic Customer Services Group Knowledge Exchange Policy Research and Development Practice and Delivery
Academic Policy External Relations Commercial Services Financial Reporting HR Management Resource Information Systems and Quality Office Development and Delivery
Admissions Office Oxford Brookes Estates Services Financial Services Oxford Centre for Service Development IT Strategy, Information International Staff and Learning and Delivery Management and Development Partnerships
Careers UK Recruitment Facilities Services Legal Services Occupational Health Programme and Partnerships Management Office
Student Central Strategic and Projects Team Procurement Oxford Brookes Technology Team Business Planning Nursery Office
Upgrade Marketing Director Space Planning Research Support University Safety Office
Wellbeing JOB DESCRIPTION
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE POST MAIN DUTIES SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM OBJECTIVES FOR THE DEAN OF The University’s Strategy guides its development 1. Strategic leadership, driving the The Pro Vice-Chancellor/Deans report to HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES to 2020. The central objectives for the next implementation of the University’s 2020 the Vice-Chancellor and play a full part in period involve a commitment to the highest strategy at the Faculty level, as well as across The PVC/Dean will need to provide the working of the Senior Management standards of excellence in learning and teaching, the whole University, working closely with the outstanding academic leadership to take Team, as well as leading in their own area of the student experience, and ensuring the best Senior Management Team, Executive Board forward faculty ambitions for research, responsibility. The precise portfolio for the new possible outcome in the TEF; building on the and faculty colleagues. teaching and innovation across all faculty PVC/Dean of Health and Life Sciences will be success of REF2014 to create an environment disciplines, as well as nurture strategic external agreed in discussion with the Vice-Chancellor. 2. Establishing a vision for the Faculty and a that fosters and promotes research excellence; partnerships. A track record of significant The portfolios of SMT members will be subject fit for purpose internal structure and strategic and developing local, national and global academic/research achievement in a cognate to review and change from time to time and plan. partnerships with an enhanced emphasis faculty discipline to provide credible academic the post holder will be expected to have the on knowledge exchange activities that make 3. Accountability for the delivery of academic, leadership is required. personal skills and flexibility to accommodate significant impacts on the wider world. operational and financial plans and targets. changes in the portfolio of responsibilities. The PVC/Dean will need to be of sufficient To deliver these objectives, the University is 4. Regular review of the academic portfolio standing to act as a figurehead and organised into four Faculties which places and developments in learning, teaching and representative of the University nationally and academics at the heart of decision-making: research. internationally, especially in relation to health Oxford Brookes Business School; Health and life sciences. 5. The definition and implementation of strong and Life Sciences; Humanities and Social monitoring and reporting mechanisms in the A key immediate challenge will be to ensure Sciences; and Technology, Design and Faculty and across the University. that the Faculty develops a strategic response Environment. Four Pro Vice-Chancellor/Deans to the move from student bursaries to a lead these Faculties and are members of 6. Ensuring that the University’s corporate fee/loans arrangement, and other national the University’s Senior Management Team. financial, human resource, equality, and health developments, for Nursing, Midwifery and They provide strategic leadership for their and safety strategies are implemented. Allied Health Professionals. Faculty as well as taking responsibility for 7. Working closely with the Vice-Chancellor, specific aspects of the University’s corporate The PVC/Dean will need to work closely with Registrar & COO, PVC (Research and Global strategy and activity. These currently the Director of the new School of Nursing Partnerships) and PVC (Student Experience) include: International Student Recruitment; and Midwifery and external partners to realise to promote cross-institutional structures and Advancement (Fundraising, Alumni relations); the vision, and establish an operating model systems. Marketing; and the Staff Experience. The for the new School; and to promote strategy responsibility for such activities is exercised in 8. Playing an active role in the University’s and leadership for the unique national identity close, co-operative working with colleagues in Senior Management Team, taking a visible and that comprises the ecosystem of the Oxford the professional services Directorates. resourceful lead in specific areas of corporate Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) and Network (AHSN) and the Oxford School of The PVC/Dean will be expected to offer activity and taking collective responsibility for Nursing & Midwifery. an influential and authoritative face for the SMT decisions. University externally, as well as strong, 9. Representing the University, as required, at substantial leadership of the academic a local, national and international level. community internally. S/he will work closely with other members of the Senior 10. Fostering an inclusive culture and an Management Team and with the Faculties environment of transparency and trust in the and Directorates to ensure that the Faculty and across the University. University’s strategic goals are delivered. PERSON SPECIFICATION
EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELEVANT SKILLS/APTITUDES
■■ Good honours degree or equivalent ■■ Excellent interpersonal skills: an assured professional qualification and confident communicator.
■■ A higher degree or equivalent professional ■■ The ability to operate effectively as part of qualification is desirable the Senior Management Team.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE ■■ An inspirational and authoritative leadership style which motivates colleagues and gains ■■ A track record of significant leadership and their trust and respect. management achievement in an academic research context. ■■ Sound judgement and practical problem solving skills. ■■ A record of significant academic/research achievement in a cognate faculty discipline ■■ The ability and willingness to maintain to provide credible academic leadership. focus, take difficult decisions, and to deliver. ■■ Experience of managing and developing strategic partnerships and working ■■ Energy, flair and high levels of personal effectively with external stakeholders. motivation and resilience, diplomacy and tact. ■■ Evidence of a strategic vision for the future development of the Faculty encompassing ■■ Strong intellectual resources.
all key areas of current activity, including ■■ A commitment to the University’s values, undergraduate, postgraduate and post aims and objectives, and an enthusiasm experience programmes, research, for what it is seeking to achieve. innovation and knowledge exchange.
■■ An understanding of the contemporary policy issues in HE and the health sector.
■■ A track record of successfully managing significant budgets and staff, as well as creating an entrepreneurial culture.
■■ An understanding of and empathy for the disciplines in the Faculty and any relevant professional bodies.
■■ Experience of successfully implementing major change.
■■ An understanding of the international HE and healthcare landscape is desirable APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Oxford Brookes University invites applications for the role will seek your confirmation that referees may be approached of Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Health before any contact is made with them. and Life Sciences. The University will be supported in this appointment process by Harvey Nash Executive Search. ■■ Details of current salary. For a confidential discussion please contact the following at ■■ Confirmation of your availability for meetings on key dates Harvey Nash: as outlined below.
■■ We particularly welcome female and disabled applicants Eleanor Lawrence, Researcher E: [email protected] and those from an ethnic minority. All candidates are T: +44 (0)2073331840 asked to complete an equal opportunities form which can be downloaded from www.harveynash.com/ Mark Bate, Consultant OxfordBrookes E: [email protected] T: +44 (0)113 2028993 Applications should be emailed to: Anne Esler, Consultant [email protected] quoting reference number E: [email protected] ARQD-668314 in the subject line of the email. T: + 44 (0) 207 333 1873 The closing date for applications is 2359 GMT on Sunday 5 March 2017.
Applications should include: Once the closing date for applications has passed, applications will be evaluated according to the person specification and the ■■ A full up to date CV including educational and professional Selection Panel will identify the candidates to be invited to the qualifications, a full employment history showing the initial stage of the process. more significant positions, responsibilities held, relevant Interviews for longlisted candidates will be conducted with achievements, budgets and staff managed. Harvey Nash consultants from 15 March to the 31 March. ■■ A covering letter of a maximum of 3 pages to include: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate how you meet the criteria in the Job Description and Person in formal interviews in Oxford on 11/12 May. Specification; your relevant experience; a statement of personal research interests; your vision for the Faculty; your motivation for applying for this role and what you would bring to Oxford Brookes University.
■■ Daytime, evening and/or mobile telephone numbers as well as your personal email address (to be used with discretion).
■■ The names and addresses of three referees. Referees should be people who can comment authoritatively on you as a person and as an employee and must include your current or most recent employer or his/her authorised representative. Confidential references are taken up on candidates shortlisted for formal interviews. However, we