Director of Operational Improvement

Full time – 37 hours per week

Closing date: Sunday 19/10/2025 at 23:30

Here at Sheffield Hallam University The role of Director of Operational Improvement is a new role, designed to lead the University’s Operational Improvement Programme, taking the Programme through from its current mobilisation stage to full implementation and benefits realisation.

The role will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and the Interim Director of Strategy and Transformation, as well as other key roles within the Executive Group including the Chief Finance Officer and Executive Deans of College.

The role holder will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer and undertake matrix-management for the programme team as required.

We are looking for someone with significant senior leadership experience, with the ability to lead a large and high-profile programme through a period of complex change.

You will have the expertise to identify and drive large and complex transformational change programmes to successful implementation and deliver improved efficiency and productivity.

As a potential candidate, you will be a highly collaborative leader with strong emotional intelligence, and a passion for supporting lasting cultural change. You will have significant experience working with groups of stakeholders from different backgrounds and an ability to engage and form alliances, as well as the confidence to challenge in line with our values, where needed.

Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area/this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

We are unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to work in the UK. If you need sponsorship to undertake this role, please use the UK government’s Visas and immigration pages to check your eligibility.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

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