About the role

The Staffing Resource Transition Manager will support the effective operational management and delivery of services across all Schools within the College of Life Sciences (CLS), specifically in relation to contract management and resource planning.

You will build future capability within Schools by supporting academic and professional services colleagues to understand, adopt and embed improved approaches to deliver contract management at a local level. You will lead specific College wide improvement projects, develop guidance and tools, and analyse staffing and funding data, to deliver consistent, efficient and -quality practice. You will play a key part in shaping and influencing new ways of working, ensuring processes are responsive to changing priorities, and enabling the College to sustain and embed effective staffing management processes.

You will work closely with the College Operations Manager, Principal Investigators, Heads of School and professional services colleagues to ensure robust planning and management of research-funded and fixed-term staffing and starter/leaver processes.

About you

We are looking for a candidate with experience managing operations and leading operational projects in a complex organisation, with experience working within higher education. You will have demonstrable experience of effectively managing people and building strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, communicating with tact, sensitivity and discretion.

You will be able to demonstrate that you have led projects which deliver a measurable impact on service provision, particularly relating to recruitment and redundancy processes, and have experience of supporting contract management, recruitment and leavers processes.

Knowledge of financial management including an understanding of accounting processes and systems would be beneficial but is not essential.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to [email protected] in the first instance.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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