Job Description

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom



JOB INFO


Job Identification
958
Job Category
Leadership
Posting Date
10/02/2025, 10:24 AM
Apply Before
10/19/2025, 05:59 PM
Job Schedule
Full time
Locations
Business, Law and Social Sciences

The full-time salary is 80,000.00 per annum.

Full Time, Permanent

The Director of School Operations will lead in delivering all administrative operations in the School to ensure the effective management of non-academic colleagues and resources, and to underpin the work of the Dean and Heads of Department in aligning the newly-created School to the University's ambitious 2030 strategy.



Reporting to the Dean of School and acting as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Director of School Operations will work closely with colleagues across all University professional service teams to maximise performance and efficiency in support of School activities. The Director of School Operations ensures compliance in coordinating the accurate and timely transfer of Business School information (e.g. WAM allocations to the Dean of Academic Performance). This is a crucial role producing reports based on complex and diverse datasets to ensure informed decision making.



The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of the Higher Education environment, and the key metrics that underpin both School and student-based activity. The Director of School Operations will demonstrate high-level administrative and operational management skills, leading with an engaging and considerate approach and securing commitment and buy-in to achieve shared outcomes.



It is desirable that candidates can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Business-education organisations such as the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and/or CABS (Chartered Association of Business Schools).



If you are excited by the prospect of joining Birmingham City University at this pivotal moment, please review the Candidate Pack for further details of the role and criteria.

Birmingham City University is deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity at all levels in the organisation, and to addressing underrepresentation in our workforce to ensure we are truly representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds and communities for this role, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic applicants.

The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.

Please download and refer to the candidate information pack for more information about this opportunity:

Candidate Information Pack

ABOUT US


At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.



Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.



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