Head of Business School - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - The Open University UK

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Description

Unit:
Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)


Salary:
£86,215 to £101,050


Location:
Milton Keynes


Please quote reference: 21555

Full time - 37 hours per week.


Closing Date: 19 April, :00


Change your career, change lives.


The Open University is the UK's largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.


The role


This senior leadership role will lead the School of Business within the Faculty of Business and Law and will position the school to become the leading inclusive online Business School in the world by 2030.


A pioneer in flexible learning for over 30 years, The Open University Business School delivers transformational, high-quality business and management education which is quality assured and practitioner relevant.

We are proud to be part of an elite and exclusive group of the top 1% of global Business Schools which are triple accredited (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS).


Our vision is to empower all business professionals who strive to create and transform opportunity in their lives and the lives of those around them.

The school enables students to create opportunity, solve complex problems through continuous and applied learning, and improve business practice through research informed active learning pedagogy.

In so doing graduates will be able to support diversity, create new knowledge and innovate to help achieve responsible economic growth.

Our global community deliver social mobility and create a sustainable future for all.


As the Head of Business School, you will exercise responsibility on behalf of the Executive Dean of the Faculty to lead the strategic development and enhancement of the school's curriculum, research, teaching and learning delivery strategy and to ensure alignment with the strategic direction of the faculty and wider University.

You will be a proactive change agent, comfortable with ambiguity and with a passion to create new value within the school.

You will demonstrate inspirational leadership to all school staff and the wider Faculty by delivering a clear and ambitious vision, demonstrating sound business judgement, and delivering effective and balanced decision making with the University's wider ambition in mind.

You will demonstrate a commitment to the University's values of innovation, inclusivity and responsiveness and aligned behaviours.


Working in partnership with other senior executive colleagues, this role will help deliver the faculty's strategic objectives through the development and implementation of agile and enabling Business School planning activities, which are in accordance with the faculty's wider accountabilities and targets to the University and other stakeholders.


The role holder will lead on developing and managing key relationships between the school and with external stakeholders, research communities and teaching organisations in order to add maximum value to all areas of School endeavour especially focused on the quality of the student experience.


Skills and experience

Applicants should:
- have a PhD/DPhil or equivalent in terms of qualification or experience in a discipline relevant to the school as well as evidenced Academic Excellence in Teaching, Research and/or Scholarship in an appropriate field;
- have experience of leading and managing complex projects involving multiple and diverse participants with the ability to build networks and strategic relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- bring a strong academic track record with respect to both research and teaching and academic enterprise activity;
- demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills within a large portfolio;
- demonstrate the ability to lead people through volatile change and ambiguous operating contexts and, make positive use of the opportunities such environments present through the use of an entrepreneurial mindset;
- be an approachable and engaged leader, be able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of academic and professional services colleagues, inspiring them to co-create the solutions which ultimately underpin student success in a collaborative manner;
- be able to evidence extensive competency and skill in managing resources (people, financial, relational, time), overseeing and guiding as appropriate to ensure the effective day-to-day running of the school.

More information is available in the Job Description.


What you get in return
We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata,
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