Centre Manager

Location: Park End Street, Oxford

Fixed-term (to 31^st August 2029)

The newly established Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Centre is a cutting-edge research centre at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. Focusing on strategic foresight in industry, society and geopolitics, the Centre aims to contribute significantly to both academic scholarship and practical applications in futures planning. The Centre Manager plays a pivotal leadership role at the Centre, overseeing daily operations, managing relationships with key research sponsors and producing regular activity reports. The Centre Manager also governs the Centre as Secretary to its Steering Committee, coordinates activities for researchers and manages the Centre Assistant.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee administrative operations, including staff, budget, reporting and communications.
• Develop relationships with visiting researchers, executives and funders.
• Plan the Centre’s portfolio of events and programme activities.
• Manage the Centre’s funding, including expenditures and budget forecasts.
• Liaise with the School’s HR team on personnel matters.

You will have significant experience in management roles within large, complex organisations or client-facing environments. You should have a proven track record of organising successful events, making evidence-based decisions and managing personnel. Additionally, experience in preparing and managing significant financial budgets (over £5M) and attention to detail in financial matters are essential.

Further information on this role can be found in the job description.

The Said Business School offers very generous benefits, some of which are:

• Generous holiday allowance of 38 days including bank holidays
• Hybrid working 
• Membership of the Oxford staff pension scheme
• Discounted bus travel
• Subsidised onsite catering
• Cycle loan scheme
• Plus, many other University benefits 

All applications must include a CV, Supporting Statement/Cover Letter and Current Salary.

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The closing date for applications is 12pm Friday 16 August 2024

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