The School of Medical Sciences are looking to appoint a Deputy School Operations Manager to support operational activity within the school. The Deputy School Operations Manager will be a member of Professional Services (PS) and has a key strategic and operational role. They will assist one or more Heads of Division and the wider School leadership team in the implementation and delivery of strategic objectives providing guidance and procedural advice regarding operational, organisational, governance and compliance matters.
Candidates should have experience of managing and delivering exceptional customer service providing excellent administrative support including the management of staff and resources as well as working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders. They must possess excellent problem solving and negotiation skills and have experience of budget and financial management. They will be required to have a dynamic approach, as well as experience of independent and collaborative problem solving and fostering a culture of teamwork, whilst being able to support and develop continuous improvement to process and performance across the business area.
Candidates should use the ‘additional information’ section of the form to provide examples of how they meet each of the essential and desirable criteria within the person specification.
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What you will get in return:
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
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Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to people.talent@manchester.ac.uk
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Fiona Wilson
Email: Fiona.wilson@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries:
Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.
