Head of Transformation (Internal Only)

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

6/25/2025

Vice-Chancellor's Office (Academic)

Location: Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer Salary: £70,579 to £74,871 per annum Closing Date: Wednesday 25 June 2025 Reference: VC5050-25-124

This position is only open internally to employees at the University of Brighton.

A unique opportunity to operationally head the development and delivery of the University’s Reimagining Brighton Transformation Programme consisting of a portfolio of workstreams to deliver the strategic aims and ambition of the University’s Brighton 2035 Distinctively Brighton Strategy.

Initially reporting to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Head of Transformation will work with the University Leadership Group and wider university to identify and evaluate opportunities to advance the University’s strategy and vision through change initiatives that will deliver measurable business and operational improvement across our academic schools and professional services.

They will work collaboratively with the Executive and Senior Leadership Team to deliver the workstreams and will lead a team of project managers and business analysts supporting the work programmes and will ensure that change is not only effectively and timely delivered with the appropriate engagement of stakeholders, but is sustainably embedded within the University’s operating model for the future.

The Successful Applicant Will

• Have a detailed understanding of change management approaches, techniques and strategies,
• Have strong interpersonal and leadership qualities, including skills appropriate to a leadership and management position including the management, development and motivation of both teams and colleagues to inspire and secure high performance.
• Be strongly self-motivated with a positive ‘can do’ attitude,
• Have the ability to work at pace and demonstrable credibility, energy, resilience and commitment
• Have a proven ability to positively engage with stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
  
  

The University offers a number of benefits, such as a generous annual leave package, including time off over the Christmas period, as well as a generous pension scheme, travel loan and childcare voucher schemes.

The University operates an agile working policy with staff able to work 3 days a week from home.

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The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

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