Business Support Manager at Queen Mary University of London

About the Role
Join our dynamic team at the School of Business and Management. We’re seeking a passionate and proactive Team Leader to play a key role in our Professional Services team. As a crucial member of our university’s support staff family, you will collaborate with academic colleagues on diverse responsibilities, significantly fulfilling our academic mission.

In this role, you will spearhead the strategic development of the School’s Financial Management, Health & Safety, and Facilities procedures. Your expertise will ensure the seamless and efficient operation of these essential services in an environment of ongoing change.

If you are excited about making a meaningful impact and thriving in a collaborative and innovative work culture, we encourage you to apply and be part of our vibrant community at the School of Business and Management. Join us in shaping the future of education and professional development.

About You
Candidates should be educated to degree level or have relevant experience. A finance qualification/professional training or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience is essential. Significant experience in line managing an experienced team with substantial subject knowledge and expertise is essential. You should also be determined and focused and have an understanding of the confidential nature of the work with the ability to exercise tact and discretion and display a professional attitude towards colleagues, students and others.

About the School
The School of Business and Management is structured around 5 departments, covering Accounting & Financial Management, Business & Society, Marketing, People & Organisations, and Business Analytics & Applied Economics. The School has approximately 2200 undergraduate students, 1100 postgraduate taught students and 100 PhD students. The School is located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, which comprises eight Schools that deliver the research and education activity of the Faculty.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is full time, fixed term appointment for 12 months. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £42,405 – £49,785 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.