DEAN OF THE BUSINESS SCHOOL

RECRUITMENT INFORMATION PACK

Introduction from the Principal 3

An Overview of Edinburgh Napier University 4

Our Business School 6

Your Opportunity 8

Your Rewards 10

Living and Working in Edinburgh 12

Your Application 13

A GREAT LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITYThank you for your interest in Edinburgh Napier University and in particular this important leadership role. We are a university with energy, passion, drive and ambition, characteristics that attracted me to the university four years ago. The inclusivity and warmth of our community of students and staff, underpins our work and our engagement with the communities we serve here in Scotland and beyond.

The Dean of the Business School, is a role that offers a great opportunity to make a real difference and develop your career in a highly successful school and supportive environment. We are committed to growing our Business School over the next five years, through our business enterprise relationships and internationally through our Global Online programme, which we have significant development plans for.

The Dean will lead our strategy to grow our academic reputation, develop highly employable graduates, deliver research with impact and ensure we continue to build excellent business partnerships. Edinburgh Napier University is an organisation where we want ambitious people to grow and develop, where they are challenged and supported to enjoy fulfilling careers.

We value, recognise and reward staff contributions and achievements, and most importantly we take collective pride in each individual’s success. Our culture and our interactions with each other are underpinned by our values – professional, ambitious, inclusive and innovative, and we actively promote these across the university. The university is proud to champion a commitment to an inclusive working environment for all.

As Dean of the Business School, you will be part of the Senior Leadership Group of the University and play a key role in leading our Strategy 2020 ambitions. If you are excited and motivated by our vision, our values and our strategy and believe that you can bring strong leadership and direction to our community, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Professor Andrea Nolan Principal & Vice-Chancellor

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PLAY A KEY ROLE IN DELIVERING OUR STRATEGY

AMBITIONS2020

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EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITYEdinburgh Napier is a leading, modern university. We create and support personalised learning and research opportunities for students, staff and partners that nurture talent, create knowledge and shape communities around the world.

We trace our origins to the opening of Napier Technical College in 1964, built around John Napier’s 16th Century tower house (which celebrated its 500th birthday in 2014). Following the 1992 Higher Education (Scotland) Act, Napier Polytechnic became Edinburgh Napier University in 2009 to more clearly associate itself with the city.

Today, Edinburgh Napier is a university with a reputation and impact that stretches far beyond our shores. Our transnational education programmes (TNE) make us the largest UK higher education provider in Hong Kong. With strong industry links and an outstanding body of research – more than half of which is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent – we are an increasingly prominent member of the global community.

For tomorrow, we have bold ambitions to grow our academic reputation, deliver an excellent personalised student experience and build innovation, enterprise and citizenship, to internationalise our work. We aim to attract staff, students, researchers and partners with the skills, knowledge, expertise and potential to deliver high quality education, advice and research. In short, we aim to make a positive impact on society and the economy.

Join us and you’ll find that we support ambition, recognise achievement and encourage innovation in every one of our people. Working at Edinburgh Napier is beyond a job, it’s a future full of progression and reward.

Find out why you should join Edinburgh Napier in the video below.

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OVERALL EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY HAS MORE THAN

NATIONALITIES

GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY RATE

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKS EDINBURGH NAPIER IN TOP

OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES

19,800

140

95%

5%

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Values: • Professional• Ambitious• Innovative • Inclusive

Vision: “Our vision is compelling – to be an enterprising and innovative community renowned internationally, with an unrivalled student learning experience.”

Our 2020 objectives are:

• To grow our academic reputation• To deliver an excellent personalised student experience• To build innovation, enterprise and citizenship• To internationalise our work

For more information, please click the link at the bottom of the page to read our strategy in full.

Our schools:• The Business School• School of Engineering & The Built Environment • School of Applied Sciences• School of Arts & Creative Industries • School of Computing• School of Health & Social Care

OUR STRATEGY & VALUES

Key performance indicators by 2020• Grow our student population from 19,800 to 22,600• Grow our taught postgraduate population from 3,000 to 3,900• Grow our research postgraduate population from 200 to 300• Increase student satisfaction to more than 90%• Grow our Research Excellence Framework submissions from 100 to 200• Grow our percentage of our academic staff engaged in externally funded research and knowledge exchange from 16% to 40%.• Grow our research grant and contract income from £4.6m to £9.1m

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR STRATEGY 2020 HERE

OUR BUSINESS SCHOOLWe are home to one of the largest, most modern business schools in Scotland, where we are creating an international community of practice to give our people every opportunity to achieve their full potential. We aim to build a network for success – for our students, staff, partners and researchers.

For more than 30 years we have worked closely with organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors around the world to develop our courses, students and services for business.

Our Business School is committed to delivering research that is directly relevant to industry, the economy and the needs of society. Our staff are actively involved in knowledge exchange activities and are committed to delivering education that is attractive to students, underpinned by current research. We offer a distinctive, inclusive and dynamic educational environment, with future ambitions to achieve our AACSB accreditation.

We have achieved great success to date internationally in the Business School and we want to build on that by seeking new opportunities and partnerships to develop our TNE programmes. Another key driver is the continued expansion of our Global Online presence, which enables us to reach people that prefer to study online, flexibly, or from another country.

Craiglockhart Campus is home to our Business School, which blends the old and with the new. Set within attractive grounds overlooking Edinburgh, our facilities include 200 and 400 seat lecture theatres and language and multimedia labs. It is also home to our innovation and enterprise centre.

MEMBERS OF STAFF

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STUDENTS (INCLUDING ONLINE

AND TNE)

CIRCA

8,500

OVERSEAS STUDENTS3,500

220

IN SCOTLAND FOR HOSPITALITY, TOURISM,

AND EVENT MANAGEMENT

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SCOTTISH MODERN UNIVERSITY FOR

MARKETING

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SCOTTISH MODERN UNIVERSITY TO OFFER

LANGUAGES

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MODERN UK UNIVERSITY FOR LAW

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NO. 1

Find out more about the school by watching the video below:

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OUR COURSES

ACCOUNTING

BUSINESS

FINANCIAL SERVICES

HOSPITALITY, FESTIVAL & EVENT MANAGEMENT

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

LAW

LANGUAGES

MANAGEMENT

MARKETING

TOURISM

Professors

Principal & Vice-Chancellor

Vacancy Dean of School

School Academic Leads

Vice Principal & Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Assistant Principal, Student Experience

Director of HR & Development University Secretary

Assistant Principal, International

Finance & Commercial Director

Head of Subjects

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

THE BUSINESS SCHOOL

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DEAN OF SCHOOLCOMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS

This is an exciting time to join Edinburgh Napier University. Aligning to our overarching Strategy 2020, we are looking for a passionate leader who will shape teaching, research, student experience and provide clear strategic direction for growth within our Business School. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead around 220 staff, 8500 students and a multi-million-pound budget with an international outlook.

We are ambitious and want our Dean of School to increase income generation through innovative thinking and collaboration with stakeholder partnerships. Industry links are key to finding and building relationships with employers that will enable us to deliver on our goals for graduate employability.

With energy, passion, drive and ambition, you will create a compelling and attractive vision for the continued success of the School. You will provide the leadership to attract, retain and motivate the best possible academic staff and lead by example to create a high performing, highly engaged, collaborative and collegiate team.

As an experienced leader, you will be part of our Senior Leadership Group that will contribute to the direction and management of our University as a whole and become a role model for our Values:

1. Ambitious 2. Professional 3. Innovative 4. Inclusive

Some of the key challenges you will face are to continue to grow and develop our international reach as an institution, you will deliver education programmes that remain attractive to students, ensuring that they are underpinned by current research. Expansion in our already established Global Online portfolio is key and this will enable us to reach people that wish to study online, flexibly or from another country.

If this opportunity sounds of interest, please follow the link to read the job description:

For a detailed list of the requirements, you can read the full role profile here.

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BEYOND A LIVING Working with Edinburgh Napier University offers much more than a salary at the end of the month. You will be encouraged and supported in your career development, with every opportunity to take on new challenges, develop new capabilities and realise your professional potential. We also offer a wide range of benefits, ensuring that your contribution and performance are well rewarded in every way possible.

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Your future• Continued professional development support• Career average pension scheme

Lifestyle• Employee Assistance Programme• Excellent holidays – from 32 days +14 Fixed • Flexible working options• Cycle to work scheme

Peace of mind• Death in service benefit for pension scheme members• Discounted private healthcare

Savings• Discounted gym• Discounted shopping• Discounted travel• Childcare vouchers

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RELOCATION PACKAGES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND WILL BE SOMETHING WE EXPLORE WITH YOU IN MORE DETAIL AS PART OF THE APPLICATION THE PROCESS.

FOR A DETAILED LIST OF THE BENEFITS PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITMENT TEAM AT RECRUITMENT@NAPIER.AC.UK OR ON 0131 455 5600

Edinburgh is the UK’s most prosperous city outside of London, the UK’s second largest financial centre and has long held a reputation for high quality education and academic excellence. While many visit Scotland’s capital during its various festivals – particularly during August – the city is one of Europe’s great cultural centres, offering a rich heritage all year round. There are museums and art galleries across the city, live music venues, hidden markets and more history than you can possibly imagine, not to mention an astonishing selection of cafes, pubs and clubs.

Edinburgh offers the perfect balance for family life – while it may be a capital city, its various urban villages offer a community feel. Dotted with parks and gardens large and small, the city is home to more green spaces than any other city in the UK. Beyond the city limits, a green belt of countryside gives way to some of Scotland’s great outdoors.

As an iconic, prosperous city and the capital of an ambitious, forward-thinking country, Edinburgh is the perfect home for a university like Edinburgh Napier – and the perfect home for someone like you.

LIVING AND WORKING IN EDINBURGH

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EDINBURGH WAS NAMED THE SECOND-BEST CITY IN THE WORLD FOR QUALITY OF LIFE DEUTSCHE BANK

IN 2017 EDINBURGH WAS RANKED THE GREENEST CITY IN THE UK ESRI UK

YOUR APPLICATION If you have any questions about the role please contact Sam Baijal, Talent & Recruitment Consultant, at s.baijal@napier.ac.uk or on 0131 455 3443.

To apply, please visit our career page to submit your application online or email a covering letter and current CV to s.baijal@napier.ac.uk addressing how your experience, skills, ability and knowledge meet the hiring requirements for this position.

The closing date is midnight Sunday, 26 November 2017.

Edinburgh Napier University is committed to supporting equality in the workplace and encourages diversity. We are also a disability confident employer and currently hold a bronze Athena SWAN Institutional Award.

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EDINBURGH WAS NAMED THE BEST CITY IN THE UK FOR JOBS GROWTH DAILY TELEGRAPH

Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Reg. No. SC018373

Human Resources, Room 5 B 29, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh EH11 4BNTelephone: 0131 455 5600 Email: recruitment@napier.ac.uk Visit: www.napier.ac.uk/development/Dean-of-the-business-schoolopportunity