Senior Operations Manager Ref: 44025 (Internal Only)

Brighton and Sussex Medical School; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is seeking a Senior Operations Manager to ensure the smooth daily running of the Medical School within the Sussex-Brighton joint venture, across three campus sites.

The role involves leadership of a large administrative team, coordination of HR processes, estates and facilities projects, and governance through key committees. The post requires strong communication, diplomatic leadership, and willingness to travel between BSMS sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership and management of large administrative teams.
• Experience with HR processes and health & safety.
• Willingness to travel between BSMS sites and work across three campuses.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the school's administrative staff.
• Support HR processes, health & safety, estates and facilities projects.
• Provide updates to management information and participate in committees.

Job description

Senior Operations Manager Ref: 44025 (Internal Only)

Location

Brighton, UK

Hours

Full-time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE (37.5 hours) Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Grade 8 starting at £47,389 to £56,535 per annum, pro rata if part time.

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

This role is only open to those currently employed by the University of Sussex, University of Brighton, Adecco, Sussex Student Union, SEF or Chartwells.

About the role

The BSMS Senior Operations Manager ensures the smooth running of the Medical School on a day-to-day basis, in the context of the joint venture between the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex, with staff working across three main campus sites.

Working collaboratively with the school's Head of Professional Service, responsibilities include leadership and management, support for all Human Resources processes, management of resources, support for health & safety, managing estates and facilities projects; updating of key management information, membership of key decision-making bodies including the Sustainability Committee, School Management Group and Health & Safety Committee.

About you

A systematic organised approach to work is vital as well as a willingness to travel to the different BSMS sites. The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, for dealing with many types of people at all levels in a direct diplomatic way.

Strong leadership skills, including effective time management, prioritising and delegation, are required as the post-holder will lead a large team of administrative staff. You must be able to lead, coach, inspire, support and motivate your team, and always seeking to improve best practice

Ideally, you will have the relevant working experience of working within the context of a joint venture and have experience of working at a senior level within a medical school setting. You will have the skills to manage your own workload and at times, support other colleagues. You will communicate clearly with your team, line management, and stakeholders.

About our School

Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is an equal partnership between the Universities of Sussex and Brighton together with NHS organisations throughout the South-East Region. BSMS is committed to inclusivity, sustainability, medical education in a multi-professional context, and promoting the highest possible standards in our teaching, clinical practice and research (ranging from early translational to applied).

Working together, our Academics, Technicians and Professional Services staff co-ordinate the passionate delivery of teaching and research, allowing us to remain one of the leading choices of medical schools in the UK. Our staff are multiskilled and work across varied teams, which are diverse, experienced and dedicated.

Our object as a School is to strive for excellence in education, training and research allowing us to support all in a constantly changing healthcare sector. We work to create a nurturing and supportive environment in which our staff and our students can succeed and thrive.

Our medical research has developed a strong reputation for making a real impact locally, nationally and internationally.

Ultimately, our research aims to:

answer fundamental biomedical and clinical questions

deliver more personalised healthcare to patients.

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it's our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Visa Sponsorship Queries:This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. The assigned SOC code is 2439: Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified, and the going rate is £56,600. Eligibility for sponsorship will depend on whether a candidate can make use of tradeable points to meet the salary offered and whether the candidate holds an existing Skilled Worker sponsorship which began before 4 April 2024.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

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