Enterprise and External Engagement - Grade 9 (Specialist Pathway)
Example job roles: Head of Technical Services, Principal Engineer, Principal Project manager
Level: Senior
Experiences
Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level
Health & Safety responsibilities
- Advise and oversee significant equipment purchases ensuring compliance and alignment to College/Faculty priorities
- Ensure that the University's health and safety policy is translated into effective local policies and procedures
- Hold specific safety responsibilitiesÌý
- Lead safety inspections and accident investigations
ÌýCore responsibilities
- Provide leadership, management, motivation, and support to the College/Faculty technical teams developing the teams to keep pace with changing teaching, research and technology needs
- Ensure that all work is appropriately scheduled in line with priorities and deadlines
- Maintain oversight of all technical staff recruitment within the College/Faculty
- Oversee space management and allocation across the College/Faculty
- Lead the development of College/Faculty services and facilities ensuring that they remain fit-for-purpose and deliver maximum benefitÌý
- Lead change-management initiatives in collaboration with more senior staff
- Produce options papers, proposals and reports for senior management review
- Ensure that inventory and asset management is appropriately managed across the College/Faculty
- Manage College/Faculty budgets (including trading accounts) and those relating to specific projects ensuring that appropriate and compliant systems are in place to deal with purchasing
- Contribute data to influence budget setting processes
- Oversee the management of all College/Faculty facilities, monitoring budgets and overall performance
- Maintain oversight of all large-scale building works leading on those of a significant value/impact
- Oversee College/Faculty security and access control arrangements
- Contribute to research outputs, including research papers, as a co- or lead author.
- Apply for grant funding from appropriate external funding agencies and internal funding programs.
- Coach staff
Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Seek opportunities to contribute to strategic and financial planning
- Take on a project related to organisational change and innovation
- Contribute/chair/co-chair meetings
- Engage senior stakeholders with plans/ideas for change
- Play key role in senior meetings
Learning from othersÌýÌý
- Build network of senior colleagues across °×С½ãÂÛ̳ and in external organisations
- Maintain links with sector bodies and peersÌý
- Seek feedback from team
Formal learning
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Financial management
- °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Leadership and/or Management trainingÌýÌý
Transferable skills and competencies
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.
Persuading and influencing
- Making an impact.
- Shaping conversations.
- Appealing to emotions.
- Promoting ideas.
- Negotiating and gaining agreement.
- Dealing with political issues.
Creating and innovating
- Innovating
- Seeking and introducing change
Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Monitoring markets and competitors
- Identifying business opportunities
- Demonstrating financial awareness
- Controlling costs
- Keeping aware of organisational issues
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Ways of Working
These describe expected behaviours in line with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý
4 January 2024
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.
Job family
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Career Case Studies
Progression can lead to these type of Enterprise and Engagement roles.
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Louise Rayner
Director, Archaeology South-East, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Archaeology
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