UCA - Transformation Programme Manager

UCA - Transformation Programme Manager

Transformation Programme Manager CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK

About UCA

Introduction from the COO

Role Profile

Selection Criteria

Strategic Overview

How to Apply

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About UCA

At the University for the Creative Arts, we believe that creativity makes global communities more vibrant, more innovative, more human.

For 160 years, we’ve been passionate advocates for creative education and research. We’re also the UK’s highest-ranked creative specialist university, offering courses in Architecture, Crafts, Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Art, Photography, Film, Media, the Performing Arts and Creative Business.

But we’re a lot more than that, too.

Our ambition

We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others. So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment, which we hope you will be part of enhancing with your management skills. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Royal School of Needlework and Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: They are places for our students and academics to forge inspiring partnerships, work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe.

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Our community

If you decide to join UCA, you’ll be joining a diverse international community of creative people from every background you can imagine. Surrounded by our talented students, expert academics and technicians, and professional staff, the work you do here will help foster a happy and inspirational environment, where students feel free to create amazing things, and feel safe away from home.

Introduction from the COO

UCA is embarking on its largest change programme in its history, ‘Transformation 2024’ which will see us strengthen our global impact, the impact of our curriculum and support for our people. Transformation 2024 will focus on: • Ensuring that every UCA student receives a highly personalised education • Embedding employability and internationalisation throughout its curriculum • Building meaningful, active, and participatory global engagement that is sensitive to local needs and contributes to change • Building on an intellectual and research culture based on challenge, diversity of thought and impact on creative industries The “pillars” of our ambitious change programme are diverse and wide ranging and include: • A revision of our Academic Portfolio and the creation of Centres of Excellence, consolidating schools into single sites • The reinvigoration of our UK Campuses • The creation of UCA Digital • The opening of multiple campuses outside of the UK As Transformation Programme Manager you will play a pivotal role in its success. As the glue that holds it together, you will oversee, coordinate and facilitate the delivery of Transformation 2024. You will bring with you valuable experience that will give you the ability to seek out and tackle the challenges that such an ambitious programme will present. If you are excited by the opportunity to deliver multiple agile projects, at pace, working with a diverse range of project sponsors, project leads and stakeholders from across the institution then we would love to hear from you. • Transformation of our people and culture • The closure of our Rochester Campus

Matt Higgins Chief Operating Officer

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Role Profile

Job Title: Transformation Programme Manager Location: Farnham Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week Grade: 11 Reports To: Chief Operating Officer

Summary of Main Job Purpose:

To oversee, coordinate and drive forward the delivery of the University’s Transformation 2024, change programme. Providing active communication between project sponsors, project leads and stakeholders, to ensure that projects are successfully delivered according to plan, budget and timescales, and interdependent projects are effectively aligned. Working with programme sponsors, provide direction, support and coaching to project teams and provide robust high-level monitoring and reports, challenge and scrutiny to the programme as a whole.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

1. Drive forward and oversee delivery of the University’s 2024 transformation programme, at pace, ensuring effective governance across all projects from inception, through to completion. 2. Ensure active and timely communication and coordination between all project leads to ensure that interdependent projects are aligned and delivered effectively and that the benefits are fully optimised. 3. To be responsible for the overall coordination of project governance, taking an overview of activities across all projects, interrogating them where necessary and being the single point of control for the Transformation Oversight Group (TOG) with regards to proposals, progress, cost, risk, communications and decisions. To provide options and recommendations to TOG and the University’s Leadership Team (LT) to enable their decision-making.

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4. Be the link between all projects (‘pillars of success’) of the transformation programme. Provide value-adding, consolidated summary reports on a regular basis, to be used as a catalyst for the taking of action and timely decision- making by TOG and LT. 5. Establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders, fostering an environment of collaboration and engagement. 6. Proactively seek out and tackle challenges that will prevent the delivery of transformation projects according to delivery targets. 7. Provide a centre of expertise for project management activity across the University, acting as a subject matter expert. Provide training/coaching to project leads on the project management frameworks/methodologies where required and advise on best practice principles. 8. Develop (in collaboration with Projects Leads and the Communications team) informative and value adding communications to ensure all stakeholders, employees and students (as appropriate) are fully aware of impending programmes of change or key projects within the University. 9. Support stakeholders in the creation of impact assessments for schools and departments affected by change programmes. Regularly review the stakeholder community to assess potential change fatigue and develop mitigation plans where appropriate. 10.Define and be the central hub to comply with audit requirements, ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme. 11. Support project leads in preparing and providing timely, high-quality information to project sponsors to enable decision-making.

12. Identify further opportunities for change initiatives that would deliver measurable business improvement.

Role Profile

Other Duties

• To undertake such other duties as are within the scope and spirit of the job purpose, the job title, and the grade. • Take responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and others in carrying out the duties of the role. • To promote equality, diversity and inclusion in your performance of your duties. • To take responsibility for safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults as a member of UCA staff. • To actively participate in learning and development to meet the requirements of your role and the organisation.

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Selection Criteria

Criteria Essential Qualification in an agile project management methodology (e.g SCRUM) Experience of working in a complex environment, delivering multiple transformation projects at pace with a range of project types and stakeholders Exceptional interpersonal skills, able to establish credibility and quickly form effective working relationships with projects leads and sponsors

Able to execute multiple projects and juggle numerous requests with minimal guidance in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment

Exceptional interpersonal skills, able to establish credibility and quickly form effective working relationships with projects leads and sponsors

Able to execute multiple projects and juggle numerous requests with minimal guidance in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment

Detailed understanding of and expertise in project management methodologies and techniques

Highly organised and able to prioritise work to meet competing delivery timescales

Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

Demonstrates a positive attitude and innovative and collaborative approach to solving problems often under pressure

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Communicates using straight forward, inspiring language that is tailored to the audience, using the most appropriate medium Able to write clear and concise reports and present them effectively to stakeholder groups to enable decision making Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and how they can have a positive impact Able to travel between UK campuses to attend meetings on a frequent basis, and able to travel overseas on an occasional basis Desirable

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Experience and understanding of the HE sector

Strategic Overview

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How to Apply

To arrange a briefing conversation please contact our advisors Sian Gardiner ([email protected]) Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV and a covering letter. Applications should be sent to [email protected] The closing date for applications is Sunday 9th January 2022. MRG will undertake preliminary interviews with selected candidates during the week commencing Monday 10th January 2022.

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The University is being supported on this recruitment campaign by the search consultancy The Management Recruitment Group (MRG).

51 Eastcheap, Billingsgate, London EC3M 1JP

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