Building roles to achieve the organisation’s aims

Presentation on theme: "Building roles to achieve the organisation’s aims"— Presentation transcript:

1 Building roles to achieve the organisation’s aims
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran Vice-Chancellor and Principal

2 Recent Context Key events: Scottish Referendum General Election 2015
EU Referendum

3 Underlying Themes Marketisation Regulation Funding changes

4 Main Changes White Paper on Higher Education
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Office for Students (OfS) Removal of student number controls White Paper on (School) Education Green Paper on (School) Education Abolition of NHS bursaries Lord Stern’s Review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) Apprenticeship learning Visa regime Competition and Markets Authority

5 Values Mission Core Objectives

6 Top Team Building and aligning of roles based on core objectives.
Top team has a clarity over organisational purpose as a ‘strategic compass’. Unified and integrated top team with collective accountability. Empowered and empowering

7 The Right Roles Matter - Attributes
Getting the right roles to deliver the strategy Leadership capacity Strategic understanding Trust Collaboration Aim for excellence

8 Top Team - Before Vice-Chancellor Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Knowledge Exchange) Pro Vice-Chancellor (Resources) Dean of Faculty of Arts & Humanities Dean of Faculty of Education Dean of Faculty of Health & Social Care Dean of Faculty of Social & Applied Sciences Director of Finance University Solicitor & Clerk to Governing Body

9 Top Team - After Vice-Chancellor Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education & Student Experience) Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) Dean of Faculty of Arts & Humanities Dean of Faculty of Education Dean of Faculty of Health & Wellbeing Dean of Faculty of Social & Applied Sciences Director of Planning & Academic Administra-tion Director of Estates & Facilities Director of Finance Director of Human Resources & OD Director of Marketing & Communi-cations

10 Recruiting, Rewarding, Retaining
Getting the best Sector benchmarks – robust and proportionate Performance bands - evaluation