MMU - Assistant Director – Capital Development (LR)

MMU - Assistant Director – Capital Development (LR)

Assistant Director – Capital Development June 2018

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Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University

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Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor

A global city 4 A leading, modern university with a rich heritage 6 Our approach 10 Bringing our strategy to life 13 University governance 14 Our people 16 Our research 18 Our students 20 Estates Investment Programme 22 The role 24 Person specification 26 How to apply 28 Our notable alumni 30

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We are proud of our environment where good relations are promoted, diversity is valued and equal opportunities are available to all. “ diverse community of staff and are committed to creating a positive

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Welcome from the Vice-Chancellor

Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the UK’s most exciting and inspiring, ambitious and friendly higher education institutions. We offer the opportunity for passionate and committed individuals to make a real difference to the lives of people and communities locally, nationally and internationally. Those joining us seek to work at the forefront of their profession, attracted by the potential to make their mark, and be part of a great, modern university, in a great global city. With a heritage stretching back to the early days of the industrial revolution, Manchester Metropolitan is infused with energy, creativity and determination. We are proud of our place in Manchester’s industrial past, and excited by our latest plans to contribute to its international reputation as a city of cultural, creative and technological excellence. We are determined to play a leading role in shaping the future of higher education, upping the pace

and raising standards. The need to be relevant and make impact in the real world powers our research and teaching and permeates everything that we do. We are dedicated to working in partnership with our city, business and the community, and the wider world. We are proud of our diverse community of staff and are committed to creating a positive environment where good relations are promoted, diversity is valued and equal opportunities are available to all. Above all, we are a warm friendly and supportive community. We have a strong ethos of partnership and collaboration, and we strive to exemplify values of inclusion, tolerance and respect. I look forward to welcoming you in person to Manchester Metropolitan University, to supporting you in realising your personal and professional aspirations and ambitions, and seeing the impact that your drive, creativity and excellence will have on staff and students alike.

Discover more about us at mmu.ac.uk/about

Professor Malcolm Press Vice-Chancellor Manchester Metropolitan University

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A global city

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Manchester is a great global city, an amazing place to live, study, work and visit.

It is one of the UK’s liveliest cultural hotspots, with galleries, libraries and museums to rival the best in the world. As the world’s first industrialised city, Manchester has its roots firmly in innovation, creativity and business. It is a stimulating and enriching place, attracting and retaining a broad talent pipeline and deserving of its ever-growing recognition as the original modern city. With world-class transport and access to the rest of the UK and beyond, Manchester is truly a well-connected, international city. It’s a major hub for innovation and has one of the biggest creative and digital sectors in the UK. Exciting plans for an International Screen School in Manchester will further reinforce this, attracting more key creative players to our city, one that is definitely open for business. As the biggest UK centre for business, financial and professional services outside of London, many global banking, science and technology corporations have their headquarters here in Manchester. With over 70,000 students, attracted to the city from all over the world, Manchester is the second largest student city in the UK. Everything that Manchester represents – a global, cutting-edge, creative, innovative city that is known for doing things first – infuses our culture here at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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A leading, modern university with a rich heritage

and its staff and alumni include more than 80 published poets and novelists, who between them have won almost every literary prize going. We are not only ambitious for ourselves, but also for our students. We have recently initiated a large-scale business change programme that will comprehensively transform the processes and technology we deploy to engage with students – from the first point of contact through to graduation and their continued journey as alumni of the University. This change programme will ensure that students are at the heart of our University and transform the ways in which we work together. We deliver outstanding research that addresses the biggest challenges facing contemporary society. 85% of our research impact is rated world-leading and internationally excellent and we rose 12 places in the Times Higher Education rankings for the quality of our REF2014 submission. The quality of our research is articulated through distinctive areas of impact that help us to stand out from the crowd. We are creative, innovative and driven by a curiosity for new ideas. Our confidence is matched by our achievements; we are the top modern university for the power of research in allied healthcare disciplines and have outstanding research in biomedical science, education, sociology, poetry and creative writing, and art and design. Research with impact

Ranked among the top universities in the world, we are proud of our 19th century origins, and excited by our future as a modern, metropolitan institution, engaged with the challenges of the 21st century. In the last ten years we have transformed our estate through a major capital investment programme, and will continue to invest to ensure that our facilities, buildings and public spaces meet the aspirations of our students, teachers and researchers. Our ambitious plans will change the shape of our University and our city. The next phase of our estates programme sees a further £400m+ committed to our campus, including exciting plans for the Manchester Poetry Library in 2019 and the International Screen School Manchester in 2021. Every day the work that takes place across the University advances knowledge and transforms lives. Take, for example, our new Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre, which is helping to power everything from our homes to the cars we drive via hydrogen fuel cells that create green and emission- free energy. Meanwhile, we are also a world leader in the potentially ground-breaking area of graphene electrochemistry, working extensively in both its manufacture and applications to further knowledge in critical areas such as energy storage. The Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is Director of the Manchester Writing School, one of the largest centres for education and training in creative writing in the country. The Writing School delivers research and teaching in all the major literary forms Ambitious and forward-thinking

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We are ambitious. For ourselves, our students and our partners. We are highly motivated and have an appetite for change. We move at pace, set the pace, are thought leaders, and try to define what the University of the future should be. 1. We have the largest community of creative writing postgraduate students in the UK, with over 80 published poets, novelists and authors of children’s literature among our alumni. Pictured: Dr Adam O’Riordan, Academic Director of the Manchester Writing School 2. Our Writing School is led by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. 3. The Manchester Fashion Institute is our multidisciplinary partnership, bringing together fashion expertise and talent from across the University, Manchester and the world. 4. We are sector leading for degree apprenticeships, with over 170 students currently studying with us. Our ambition is to grow this number tenfold. 5. We are a world leader in graphene electrochemistry, its applications and the manufacture of graphene itself. 6. The Manchester Movement Unit provides affordable physiotherapy, acupuncture and massage treatments to the public, staff and sports scholars. 7. The Manchester School of Architecture is ranked 6th in the world in the QS rankings 2017. 8 . We are leading on the new International Screen School along with Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. 9 . Metropolis is a high-profile, research-led think tank, designed to bridge the gap between world-leading research and policy makers.

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Our approach We are a great modern university, in a great global city, here to make an impact on Manchester, our nation and beyond. Our driving ambition is to discover and disseminate knowledge, and make higher education accessible and beneficial to all those with the passion and ability to succeed. We work closely with our city, with business, the community and our academic peers – locally, nationally and internationally – to be inventive and creative, generate great opportunities, and enable our students, colleagues and everyone whose lives we touch to make an impact.

The following themes drive Manchester

Metropolitan and make us the bold, ambitious, creative

and innovative University we are today.

Place Bringing our strategy to life

You can feel the energy. In the place. In the buildings. In the students and staff. You can sense the determination to succeed. Manchester Metropolitan is a great modern university, in a great global city, and we share the same drive and spirit to explore, create, invent, re-invent and make the world take notice.

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Ambition Setting the bar higher to make more of an impact

Partnership Reaching out to push the boundaries of the possible Education, and particularly higher education, should always be a collaborative process, and here at Manchester Metropolitan our world is enriched and our achievements made more effective through partnership at every level.

We are ambitious and happy to shout about it. Ambitious for our students. Ambitious for our staff. For our partners. And for ourselves as an academic institution. We expect a lot from everyone who studies and works here. We set high standards and measure our success by the impacts we make academically, in business and society.

Sustainability Working hard now and in the future to help craft a better world Higher education exists in an increasingly dynamic, demanding and competitive world, where to stand still is to go backwards. At Manchester Metropolitan, we have a conscious cultural commitment to maintaining our energy levels and driving up academic and creative standards, achievements in research and community engagement.

Community Making a contribution not just to one community, but to many

We are an active, energetic and engaged university, putting our thinking and ideas, our research and knowledge, to work in the real world. Our staff, students and alumni contribute not only to the Manchester Metropolitan community, but to all the communities and lives we touch.

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Bringing our strategy to life

International

Outstanding teaching and student experience

We have a global ambition, building purposeful collaborations that benefit students, research and the city region. Staff and students from all over the world find a warm welcome in our University. They enrich our community, widen our horizons, and give flight to our ambitions.

We have a forward-looking, dynamic approach to teaching, learning and the holistic student experience (including facilities, course delivery, content, support, employability and environment). Students are at the heart of our University. Every contact counts. We all make a difference. We have committed to major investment in our teaching and learning environments, including a new Arts and Cultural hub at the heart of the campus, adding further to the outstanding teaching and learning environment for our students. Focusing around our research strengths, we are building a research-rich culture across the University, developing academic colleagues and attracting talented researchers to join them, and providing members of the University with outstanding support and the environment to succeed. With research applications nationally and internationally, our discoveries and innovations will shape business and enterprise for the 21st century. Our interdisciplinary approach generates unexpected, innovative and impactful outcomes. Researchers from the School of Architecture are working alongside engineers and computer scientists to enable the Greater Manchester city region to make ‘smart’ improvements to its services for residents, using technology such as sensors and >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34

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