Associate Director of Global Engagement Ref 20129
School/department: Division of Communications, Marketing and Advancement
Hours: Full time or part time hours considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).
Contract: Fixed term (maternity cover)
Reference: 20129
Salary: start from £54,421 to £63,059 per annum, pro rata if part time, depending on experience
Placed On: 12 April 2023
Closing date: 20 April 2023. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Expected interview date: To be confirmed
Expected start date: 28th June 2023
This vacancy is only open to those currently employed by the University.
Job description
The University of Sussex is an institution with international in its DNA. As the world’s leading university in Development Studies, we take the collective challenges of humanity seriously. We’re right behind supporting sustainable business ideas, bringing the arts and sciences together, and developing innovative technologies. Sustainability is at the heart of what we do. It’s a truly exciting environment to be part of. On our green campus – located in a National Park and just minutes from the buzz of Brighton and within an hour from London – you’ll have the opportunity to oversee our dynamic internationalisation strategy.
We are seeking to appoint an interim Associate Director of Global Engagement to lead the University’s successful Global Engagement team and continue to build our Global reputation. The role represents an exciting opportunity for the right person to help build on and deliver our ambitious and values driven Internationalisation strategy through to 2025.
As you can read in our Global Engagement Review, over the last few years we have grown our international footprint across the world. Our new large-scale partnerships in China is one such example, and we have expanded our research impact through our exceptional research centres working with partners in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
The successful candidate will lead on our Global Engagement strategy and be responsible for Global Partnership development and outreach work, our Trans National Education partnerships, our student mobility strategy and our Internationalisation at Home strategy. The post-holder will also play a key role in growing and communicating our reputation globally.
Key responsibilities will include working to support the Divisional Director in reviewing our current operation and supporting the Director to embed a Global approach in all that we do; overseeing our Joint Institute in China and exploring additional opportunities for Trans- National Education delivery; further developing our Global hubs, overseeing our wide ranging strategic partnerships; shaping our Internationalisation at Home strategy for current students and further enhancing our approach to Collaborative Online Learning.
The role will oversee the:
- management of the Global Mobility team which supports inbound and outbound student mobility (including Erasmus) and for the implementation of key elements of the Turing scheme.
- further development of the University’s international partnerships strategy, building further on the ambition to develop a broad range of strategic international partnerships with leading institutions across the world.
- oversee our Internationalisation at Home strategy.
- further enhancement of the University’s global reputation.
The successful candidate will have significant experience of:
- Leading innovative and values driven campaigns in a global higher education context;
- New business development;
- Leading a successful team within an international environment and creative responses to delivering student and staff mobility at scale;
- Developing and delivering stand out partnership working across borders;
- Successfully managing and implementing large scale Trans National Education partnerships.
Based within the Division of Communications, Marketing and Advancement the post- holder will be a member of the Divisional leadership team, supporting the Director. The post-holder will work closely with the Director of Student Recruitment, Admissions and International Development and (interim) University Executive lead on International until a new Pro-Vice-Chancellor Civic and Global Engagement is appointed in Autumn 2023, to implement the objectives set out in the University’s Internationalisation strategy.
The post is offered on a full-time, basis for a period of 1 year to cover maternity leave.
The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy, Inclusive Sussex, on our webpages.
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