Information Services

Location: Canterbury
Salary: £60,905 to £64,604 per annum
Grade: Grade 10
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Friday 26 March 2021
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Friday 16 April 2021 (unless otherwise stated)
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: CSF-190-21

The Information Services department at the University of Kent is seeking a Deputy Director to join the senior leadership team and steer our Education & Research Collections and User Experience sections.

The role of Deputy Director is a key leadership role within the department. Together with the Director and other Deputy Director, providing the core senior leadership team for the department, ensuring strategic leadership for the University in the areas of IS responsibility and operational oversight of the department. The objectives for the role include ensuring that the User Experience and Learning & Research Resources sections are effectively run and that they are both adaptable and resilient to the changing external environment; developing a departmental vision for ‘the future library’ and placing the user experience at the heart of the department and all its services.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a passion for delivering an excellent user experience and sector-leading library services to help develop and to implement a new vision for Information Services as part of a dynamic team which is helping the University digitally transform and achieve its strategic objectives.

This role will see you:
• Providing strategic oversight for - and ensures effective planning takes place across - all activity within designated sections.
• Ensuring all services within designated sections are delivered sustainably, cost effectively and are competitive with sector benchmark institutional offers relating to the relevant Information Services
• Leading on significant University initiatives and projects including large capital projects
• Creating opportunities for IS resources and IS activities to enrich social, cultural and public lives to support the University in fulfilment of its civic mission.

To succeed in this role you will:
• Be educated to degree level or equivalent
• Have excellent knowledge of several relevant professional fields, for example information/knowledge management, library, technology base service provision
• Have a proven track record in strategic planning, policy development, management and provision of support services across relevant professional fields – user centred library and information services development
• Be experienced in staff management, including the ability to motivate staff and to work effectively in matrix, virtual and project team environments with colleagues from differing professional backgrounds in order to achieve excellence.

Information Services is comprised of five sections: User Experience, Learning and Research Resources, IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Systems and Business Development and Partnerships. Together these directly support almost all areas of University activity.

The University’s main campus is in Canterbury; a vibrant exciting and well-connected city with a world-famous cathedral. One of medieval Europe’s great places of pilgrimage and knowledge, it has a distinctly cosmopolitan feel thanks to its international visitors and the students and staff from its three universities. Less than an hour from London, it takes little more than that to visit France.

Please see the links below to view the full job description, additional information and candidate brief and also to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process please contact The Resourcing Team on jobs@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number: CSF-190-21