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The Talent Development team are looking for a well-organised, enthusiastic, and customer-focused coordinator to join our team!

The Talent Development team sit within the People Directorate. We provide learning and development opportunities for all University staff including Manchester Gold Mentoring, Health and Safety, and Leadership and Management programmes.

The role will provide comprehensive administrative and coordination support for the Talent Development team’s learning and development initiatives, including arranging in person training events and reporting on the activities we deliver. You will manage the shared inbox alongside another coordinator, dealing with varied queries in a timely manner.

The successful candidate will have experience in planning and coordinating events, be confidently computer literate (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams etc), and able to prioritise and manage their time effectively in a busy working environment. They will have excellent communication skills, a positive and flexible attitude towards change, and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

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The opportunity

As Head of Operations, you’ll be the operational heartbeat of Unit M — leading and evolving our strategy, systems, and processes to ensure we deliver with impact, efficiency, and pace.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you’ll oversee the core operational functions that make our ambitious mission possible: finance, people, governance, risk, planning, and delivery. You’ll design and implement scalable systems, build an inclusive and high-performing culture, and ensure Unit M operates with the agility of a start-up and the excellence of a world-class university.

You’ll also lead the establishment of William Kay House, our new home and a dynamic hub for Manchester’s innovation community — shaping a space where collaboration and creativity thrive.

About you

• You’ll be a strategic and pragmatic operational leader who can combine big-picture thinking with hands-on delivery. You’ll bring experience of driving operational excellence in complex, fast-moving environments — ideally spanning both large institutions and innovation-led ventures.
• You’ll understand governance, compliance, and risk — but you’ll also know when to challenge convention, simplify, and move fast. You’ll be deeply motivated by impact, inclusion, and purpose — and you’ll have the interpersonal skills to inspire, influence, and unite others around a shared mission.
• Above all, you’ll be future positive, fierce in your commitment to collaboration, and ready to make things happen.