Director of Finance and Administration
Applications for this vacancy closed on 16 December 2024 at 12:00PM
**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.
**What we offer**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave (plus additional annual leave for long service)
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for remote working.
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page
**About the Role**
The Director of Finance and Administration is a senior professional leader who
combines a superb attention to operational detail and ability to hold and
manage risk; with a strategic mindset, creative, problem-solving approach; and
a strong motivation to work with others to continuously improve the ways
things are done. They are collaborative leader who brings people together
across organisational boundaries to maximise effective, joined-up delivery and
a confident and empowering line manager who knows how to get the best out of
their team.
The Director will lead the development and delivery of the School’s overall
financial and operational strategy as it looks to build on its successful
growth to date. You will provide strategic leadership of financial planning
activities, and lead on the School’s commercial negotiations for all major
research programmes and the commercial aspects of all new initiatives.
The Director will provide assurance to the Dean, the Chief Operating Officer,
the School’s Management Board, and the Division that the School’s financial
projections are robust and well-grounded. You will also lead on the School’s
commercial negotiations for all major research programmes and the commercial
aspects of all new initiatives.
The Director will unite their peers to ensure a collaborative, customer
service and improvement-focused mindset. You will oversee the development and
implementation of a new performance and business improvement function,
deploying data, good practice and established frameworks and methods to
maximise the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of the School. You will
drive forward innovation, and this will include identifying and executing
continuous improvement projects.
**About You**
The post will suit a highly motivated individual with proven flexibility,
creative problem-solving approach and initiative.
You should have substantial experience of working in a finance and
administrative leadership role, ideally in a fast-moving environment.
Experience of the use of financial and performance data to drive strategic
decision-making in a proactive way will be particularly helpful.
You should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including
the ability to communicate complex financial and operational issues to a lay
audience. You should be an excellent line manager and collaborative
organisational leader, highly motivated to spot opportunities for improvement
and bring people together across team boundaries to deliver outcomes.
An ability to create a team culture of meeting priorities and deadlines while
maintaining high levels of customer service with the highest standards of
accuracy and clarity is vital.
**Application Process**
You will be required to upload a supporting statement, your CV, and the
details of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on Monday 16 December
2024.**
Interviews will take place in early January 2025.
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.
**What we offer**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave (plus additional annual leave for long service)
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for remote working.
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page
**About the Role**
The Director of Finance and Administration is a senior professional leader who
combines a superb attention to operational detail and ability to hold and
manage risk; with a strategic mindset, creative, problem-solving approach; and
a strong motivation to work with others to continuously improve the ways
things are done. They are collaborative leader who brings people together
across organisational boundaries to maximise effective, joined-up delivery and
a confident and empowering line manager who knows how to get the best out of
their team.
The Director will lead the development and delivery of the School’s overall
financial and operational strategy as it looks to build on its successful
growth to date. You will provide strategic leadership of financial planning
activities, and lead on the School’s commercial negotiations for all major
research programmes and the commercial aspects of all new initiatives.
The Director will provide assurance to the Dean, the Chief Operating Officer,
the School’s Management Board, and the Division that the School’s financial
projections are robust and well-grounded. You will also lead on the School’s
commercial negotiations for all major research programmes and the commercial
aspects of all new initiatives.
The Director will unite their peers to ensure a collaborative, customer
service and improvement-focused mindset. You will oversee the development and
implementation of a new performance and business improvement function,
deploying data, good practice and established frameworks and methods to
maximise the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of the School. You will
drive forward innovation, and this will include identifying and executing
continuous improvement projects.
**About You**
The post will suit a highly motivated individual with proven flexibility,
creative problem-solving approach and initiative.
You should have substantial experience of working in a finance and
administrative leadership role, ideally in a fast-moving environment.
Experience of the use of financial and performance data to drive strategic
decision-making in a proactive way will be particularly helpful.
You should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including
the ability to communicate complex financial and operational issues to a lay
audience. You should be an excellent line manager and collaborative
organisational leader, highly motivated to spot opportunities for improvement
and bring people together across team boundaries to deliver outcomes.
An ability to create a team culture of meeting priorities and deadlines while
maintaining high levels of customer service with the highest standards of
accuracy and clarity is vital.
**Application Process**
You will be required to upload a supporting statement, your CV, and the
details of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on Monday 16 December
2024.**
Interviews will take place in early January 2025.
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**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: **teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**. **What we offer** The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well- known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social ... About the Blavatnik School of Government Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners. What we offer The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. ... |
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