Department Manager (656120)

The Department of Accounting and Finance is seeking to appoint a Department Manager to provide high level support across the department’s portfolio of teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, ambitious professional to play a key role in the management and growth of the Department.

FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)
Term: Open

The Department of Accounting and Finance is seeking to appoint a Department Manager to provide high level support across the department’s portfolio of teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive, ambitious professional to play a key role in the management and growth of the Department. The postholder will have lead responsibility for the operational activities within the Department.

As a member of the Department Management Team, the Department Manager will contribute to departmental strategy and take a leading role in the implementation of this strategy, ensuring that the department has effective support in terms of resource and procedures. The postholder will work closely with the Head of Department (HoD) to manage and oversee budgets, deliver strategic projects, and drive forward process improvement.

Our Department
The Department of Accounting and Finance is one of the UK’s major centres of research in both fields, with particular expertise in environmental accounting; management accounting; corporate finance; portfolio performance, financial history, and international investments. The Department provides an extensive range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research degrees and delivers outstanding student experience. The Department is highly ranked in the UK, currently 3rd in the Times Good University Guide.

The University of Strathclyde is a socially progressive institution that strives to ensure equality of opportunity and celebrates the diversity of its student and staff community. Strathclyde is people-oriented and collaborative, offering a supportive and flexible working culture with a deep commitment to our equality, diversity and inclusion charters, initiatives, groups and networks.

In keeping with our commitment to equality and diversity, we encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly those who can support our Athena SWAN activity, which inspires the advancement and representation of women in higher education. For more information on diversity and inclusion at Strathclyde, please see here.

https://www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/strathclydeglobaltalentprogramme/workforcediversityandinclusion

Formal interviews for this post will be held on 11/11/2024.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Professor Graeme Acheson, Head of Department (Graeme.acheson@strath.ac.uk).

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