You will be involved in projects around the development of inclusive practice within teaching, learning and assessment, in the development of resources to enhance and support the experience of disabled students and in addressing physical and digital accessibility issues. You will devise, deliver and review disability training and CPD to colleagues across the University. Playing a key role in the development of practice and policy within Disability Services, the post holder will offer advice and guidance to disabled students and support colleagues in their roles as Disability Advisers.
You will provide strategic leadership for inclusion across the People Function and the wider institution. Bringing significant expertise in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, you will provide strategic leadership, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while championing inclusive practices that enhance colleague experience and organisational performance. Reporting to the Director of Talent & Culture, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and embedding an inclusive culture across the institution. Through your leadership, you will help create a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute fully and achieve their potential. This is a highly influential leadership role, working closely with academic colleagues, senior stakeholders, staff networks and external partners to develop and deliver a long-term Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy that strengthens staff experience, supports organisational effectiveness and embeds inclusive practices across the employee lifecycle. The Head of Inclusion will lead a specialist Inclusion team and help ensure Imperial continues to evolve as a welcoming, equitable and inclusive place to work and study.
You will will provide Personal Administration support: manage the diaries for SLT where required, particularly the Chief Executive, optimising the efficient use of time and resources through effective planning and ‘gatekeeping’ in a relational style that represents the charity’s values; ensure all necessary briefing papers and documents are compiled for the SLT/Chief Executive in good time in advance of meetings; manage a broad range of administrative tasks to facilitate the Chief Executive’s leadership and line management. This might involve arranging Chief Executive’s line management supervisions and appraisals for senior staff, special projects, document design, report preparation, correspondence, maintaining contact lists, travel arrangements, and managing expenses prepare and present excellent PowerPoints and other Presentations for internal and external audiences, e.g., meetings with funders, employers, trustees and other key stakeholders. And Governance support: coordinate and attend Trustees’ meetings, including arranging dates, preparing papers in advance, taking and sending out minutes; update the SharePoint extranet site for Trustees and Governance; administer meetings, Fortnightly Senior Leadership meetings and others as they arise; oversee the log of ARE policies to ensure they are reviewed and updated as necessary; support with various ad hoc projects to enable robust organisational governance and provide administrative support to the wider senior leadership team.
Following the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor in 2025, Brookes has spent the last year developing Roadmap 2030, building on the vision, mission and guiding principles of Strategy 2035. The Roadmap recognises both the distinctive strengths and opportunities at Brookes and the challenges facing the wider sector. The University is seeking to appoint its first Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor which will be central to the next stage of that work: helping the University move from roadmap to delivery, strengthening academic leadership and ensuring that ambition is translated into clear priorities, decisions and momentum. You will provide senior academic leadership across the University. They will work closely with academic and professional services colleagues, lead major academic priorities, support portfolio and planning work, provide oversight of academic performance and assurance and deputise for the Vice-Chancellor internally and externally. This is a new role and one that will develop as Brookes develops, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to help define the role of Provost at the University.
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