Vacancies at University of Greenwich

What you’ll be doing: 

• Acting as the business partner for Faculty of Education, Marketing and External relations Directorate and other areas. This involves:
• Being part of the leadership team, ensuring commercial viability and financial discipline.
• Looking back: monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting.
• Looking ahead: setting next year’s budget and the 5 year plan, plus maintaining in year forecasts.
• Creating and supporting business case production.
• Support non-financial managers with the assessment of value for money and risks.
• Assist managers in determining and making trade-offs.
• Identify risks around supplier dependence, financial risks, and ways the university can be more sustainable.
• Take ownership and accountability for your respective areas.

What we are looking for : 

• A diligent and conscientious attitude with a desire to make things better.
• Ability to simultaneously zoom into the detail and keep track of the high level picture.
• Ability to concisely express complex information in a way that maximises impact in shortest time possible.
• Experience of influencing multiple stakeholders, whilst dealing with ambiguity.
• Qualified accountant with a track record of making a difference.  
• Positive and resilient mindset, whilst also maintaining a sense of curiosity, humility and humour.

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The University of Greenwich is a leading modern university with a strong reputation for creativity, innovation, and student experience. The School of Design, based in our award-winning £76 million Stockwell Street building in the heart of Greenwich, offers state-of-the-art facilities including design studios, TV production spaces, and a 220 m² model workshop.

We are seeking an experienced Workshop Technician to join our technical team. In this role, you will work closely with the Workshop Manager to support Architecture, Graphic Design, Film & TV, and other design-related courses. The successful candidate will play a key role in assisting students and academics with both traditional model-making, joinery, and fabrication techniques, as well as digital processes such as 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC machining. You will also contribute to exhibition and event installations across the University and provide expert advice on project feasibility and resource planning, ensuring a safe, creative, and collaborative learning environment.

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EXPERIENCE:
Essential Criteria

• Experience of project planning and delivery in the Creative Industries Sector.
• Experience of developing business plans.
• Experience of establishing governance structures.
• Experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Knowledge of market research for commercial activity.
• Knowledge of public funders of research and knowledge exchange in the creative industries (e.g., UKRI Research Councils, Leverhulme, Wellcome,
• Innovate UK) funding programmes & policies.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of Working in Higher education environment.
• Proven track record of building strategic partnerships
• Experience of liaising with funders, private and public.
• Understanding of knowledge exchange principles.

SKILLS:

Essential Criteria

• Excellent stakeholder management skills: internal and external.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Self-motivated, managing complex and varied workload with minimum
• supervision delivering to strict deadlines.
• Ability to analyse and interpret policy and plans at local, regional and national levels.
• Excellent IT skills and understanding of commonly used software packages.

Desirable Criteria

• PRINCE2 qualification.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Essential Criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.

Desirable Criteria

• None

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As part of our central Internal Communications team, you’ll lead the development and delivery of strategic communications that connect staff and students to our vision and values. You’ll be at the forefront of implementing a new approach to student communications, fostering community across campuses, and supporting student success through timely, relevant messaging.

You’ll also drive internal campaigns aligned with our strategic priorities, create compelling multichannel content, and empower leaders with the tools they need to communicate effectively.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Lead strategic internal communications plans for staff and students
• Develop and evaluate multichannel campaigns supporting university priorities
• Create engaging storytelling content that demonstrates impact
• Coordinate student communications across faculties and services
• Support cross-university communications forums and events
• Collaborate with senior leaders to enhance team cohesion and cascade messaging
• Improve digital channels and develop toolkits for effective engagement

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven success in internal communications within complex organisations
• Strategic planning and impact evaluation expertise
• Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management and project coordination
• Knowledge of digital accessibility and multichannel content creation

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EXPERIENCE:
Essential Criteria

• Experience of office administration and using office systems in a busy office environment
• Experience in project administration, maintaining records and monitoring expenditure
• Experience of liaison with senior staff and a wide range of stake holders

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of Higher Education Systems
• Knowledge and understanding of administration of European
• Commission and/or similar externally funded projects

SKILLS:

Essential Criteria

• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities to agreed deadlines
• Demonstrable ability to present financial data Desirable Experience
• Experience of Higher Education Systems Knowledge and understanding of administration of European Commission and/or similar externally funded projects Skills
• Good analytical skills and judgement
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• Excellent, effective interpersonal and oral communication skills
• A high standard of written and spoken English

Desirable Criteria

• Good negotiation skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential Criteria

• Excellent standard of general education

Desirable Criteria

• Degree in Business Administration or other Higher/Further Education qualification

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The Head of Student Wellbeing Services will provide leadership and management for specialist support services offered to our students at the University of Greenwich. The postholder will be expected to contribute to and lead on the vision and strategic plan in Wellbeing and Disability in order to achieve the University’s future ambitions and to ensure our processes, systems and operational delivery meet student needs and expectations and our wider stakeholder community. 

You will provide effective leadership and management of our Student Wellbeing teams.  In this role, you will oversee the delivery of inclusive, proactive, and student-focused wellbeing and support services.  

You will manage a team of skilled professionals, lead our response to student of concern matters, and ensure excellence in services that foster a culture of belonging. You will work collaboratively across the institution to champion inclusive practices, influence strategic developments in wellbeing, and help shape a positive student experience. 

You will have proven experience of working with multidisciplinary teams, as well as being an experienced practitioner well used to making clinical judgements, managing risk effectively and hold a relevant mental health qualification.  

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The Post 

The post holder/s will work with our adult nursing team and employers to deliver our UG/PG adult nursing programme (including an apprenticeship offer). The programme has been designed collaboratively with key stakeholders; the post holder will work closely with our stakeholders on a continuing basis.  You will also have opportunity to participate in research and knowledge exchange activities coordinated by the Faculty’s Institute of Lifecourse Development (ILD). The ILD brings together researchers and practitioners from Health, Education and Human Sciences to tackle a range of lifecourse related issues, and has been instrumental in our recent success in the 2021 REF. 

The Person 

You will be an experienced adult nurse with a background in education and/or research to teach across our pre-registration programmes. This is a great opportunity for an individual who has ambition to develop as a nurse educator and academic, having developed teaching and assessing skills through a mentorship/practice assessor role or equivalent. You will have a passion for education, thrive on seeing students succeed, have ambition and an inquiring mind. You will have the opportunity to complete a PGCHE and progress through our GOLD framework to achieve HEA senior fellowship, if required, as well as contribute to faculty wide research and enterprise activities. The University has an established career framework which offers opportunity for promotion through an annual application process. We are happy to consider part-time working and/or secondments. Applicants without previous teaching experience will be considered as a Lecturer. 

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The Role 

Would you like to be part of a partnership that really makes a difference? 
We’re looking for someone who’s ready for a role that’s both challenging and deeply rewarding. If you want to develop yourself, inspire and develop others, and ultimately improve care for people at one of the most important times in their lives, this could be the job for you. This unique joint appointment offers an exciting opportunity to blend clinical education and professional development with academic teaching. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of adult nursing and palliative care by delivering high-quality education, supervision, practice and research across the hospice and university. The role will involve cross site working with 50% at Community Hospice in Abbeywood and 50% at University of Greenwich (Avery Hill Campus with some travel to the Medway campus)

The Person 

We’re looking for: 

• A registered nurse who has extensive experience in palliative care and education (with current NMC registration). We will also consider applications from individuals with an ambition to develop as an educator and academic, having developed teaching and assessing skills through a mentorship/practice assessor role or equivalent
• Someone with compassion, resilience, and great communication skills 
• Above all, someone who shares our values, of person-centered, evidenced-based care and ensuring that staff are supported and developed to thrive in their work and be the best they can be.
• You will play a key role in facilitating teaching and learning across both settings – leading the development of Community Hospice clinical staff and delivering palliative care education within Greenwich’s Adult Nursing curriculum. You will work with other partners including St Christopher’s Hospice as part of the Hospice Education and Learning Partnership. 
• Applicants without previous teaching experience and relevant qualifications will be considered as a Lecturer.

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The School of Health Sciences is part of a highly successful and vibrant faculty. Frequently commended for our partnership working across the sector, the school delivers a range of undergraduate and post graduate courses leading to registration in nursing, midwifery, health visiting, school nursing and district nursing, paramedic sciences and other allied healthcare professions. The University has recently invested over £3 million in the development of state-of-the-art simulation centres, which will further enhance our record of teaching innovation. 

We are seeking to recruit a qualified NMC-registered SCPHN School Nurse who has ambition to develop as an educator and academic, having developed teaching and assessing skills through working in practice or a higher education role. You will play a key role in facilitating teaching and learning across our school. Full-time, Part-time, Secondments and Term time contracts will be considered.

Successful applicants will have opportunity to complete a teaching qualification (PGCHE), if needed, and progress through our GOLD framework to achieve HEA senior fellowship, as well as contribute to research and knowledge exchange activities.