Deputy Departmental Manager

The Chemistry Department at UCL is one of the top-ranked departments in the UK, with 100% of its outputs ranked as being world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in the recent REF2021. The Department is committed to supporting excellence in both research and teaching. The department offers undergraduate BSc and MSci programmes in Chemistry and currently teaches in excess of 700 undergraduates registered in Chemistry as well as students who select Chemistry on the Natural Sciences programme and first year Chemistry for life scientists. The Department also offers a number of Postgraduate Taught Masters courses with about 100 students per year. The Department has an overall PhD student school of around 200 students. The Chemistry Department has over 60 members of academic staff carrying out world-leading research. We specialise in areas of organic synthesis, chemical biology, computational chemistry, nanotechnology, inorganic and materials chemis! try, phys ical chemistry and chemical physics. The department research income derived from many sources including UKRI (EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC, and NERC), European Commission and a wide range of charities and industrial partners in the UK, Europe and the USA. Further details about our department can be found on the departmental website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry

Applications are invited for a Deputy Departmental Manager within the Department of Chemistry at University College London. The post holder will oversee general and specific duties to progress the work of the Department. This will include the line management of professional services staff, and responsibility for departmental areas of administration related to finance, resources and staffing; with an oversight of how these areas contribute to the operational functions of the department. The postholder must be able to organise and prioritise a varied and demanding workload, and have a proven record of successful line management and development of staff with proven team leadership and motivational skills.

The successful candidate will have experience of promoting and providing excellence in areas of administration and the provision of support services, including the setting of service standards and monitoring of performance. They will have a high level of literacy and numeracy, excellent IT skills, and the ability to understand complex problems and develop innovative solutions.

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