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