Operations Manager

Today, the University of Glasgow is one of the world's top 100 universities and ranked 12th in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Impact Rankings 2024, demonstrating that we are not only one of the best universities in the United Kingdom, but one of the best universities for the world. Our people have always been at the forefront of innovation and our past achievements inspire our current world changers.

As a senior member of the School Professional Services Team, this role plays an important role in overseeing the management and strategic direction of the school’s operations. The successful candidate will lead agile service provision in business processes and activities, enhancing service excellence through a collaborative, inclusive and purpose-driven school professional service team.

The core purpose of this role is to foster an inclusive environment and lead the design and development of a proactive and resilient operations service aligned with the school’s core activity. It is responsible for leadership and coordination of administration, policies and procedures, communication strategies, roles and responsibilities of staff members.  This role will coordinate and facilitate projects involving other support teams in the School, College and wider University. This role leads and contributes on behalf of the school to College and University-wide change programmes.  This role is key to the development and organisation of plans and actions to embed and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement enabling progress towards the school’s core goals and objectives.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and is offered on an open ended (permanent) basis.

Apply online at: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/operations-manager-2?source=gla.ac.uk

Closing Date: 27 November 2025 at 23:45

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity /.

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