10 | LEADERSHIP
PERSON SPECIFICATION | 11
Personal Specification
Qualifications/Education/Training Essential • A degree or equivalent industry experience in a relevant field
Skills/Aptitudes/Competences Essential • An understanding of the values and motivations of academic colleagues • An ability to quickly grasp strategic priorities and develop ways of working with academics collectively and individually to support these • An ability to plan and prioritise ones own workload effectively to support the delivery of key strategic priorities • The ability to work to deadlines and prioritise activity in order to achieve results
Evidenced by
Desirable
Evidenced by
Desirable
A
• A postgraduate degree in a related field
I
• Understanding of intellectual property in higher education
I
Experience Essential
Evidenced by
Desirable
A,I
• Experience in a similar role in an academic institution
A
• Experience of working in employability in business and management
• A good understanding of the current ‘employability ‘ agenda with a higher education context • Track record in improving graduate level employment, employability and employer engagement on behalf of an HEI • Possessing strong leadership skills with demonstrable matrix management and influencing experience
A,I
A,I
A,I
• Good Organisational and project management skills
A,I
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to use tact and diplomacy and strong influencing and negotiating ability
I
I
• Solution focused
A,I
• Experience in the direct line Management of staff
A,I
• Entrepreneurial, outcome driven and possessing commercial acumen
A,I
• Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with organisations outside academia • Experience of working with faculties and departments to advance the employability and employer engagement agenda • Experience of generating, analysing and interpreting management information; and of using data to make recommendations to senior management • Experience of drafting high quality written material for a variety of internal and external audiences
A,I
• Possessing the authority and credibility to operate successfully across a diverse range of stakeholders (both internal and external) • An understanding of internal and external factors affecting students within Higher Education
A,I
A,I
A,I
A,I
A
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