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Portfolio Director

Portfolio Director

Oxford University Press

Oxfordshire

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
31 May 2015

Job overview

About us

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford, which furthers the University’s objectives of excellence in research, scholarship and education by publishing worldwide.

Oxford Education brings together OUP’s educational publishing in the UK, Australia, and Africa. It specializes in creating compelling and engaging, high quality education content and materials specifically tailored to address the needs of students around the world. It is an internationally dispersed division, united by a passion for improving educational outcomes wherever we operate.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Portfolio Director to direct programmes for Oxford Education, which is a large, multi-functional, multi-regional division. These programmes will include change management, continuous improvement, alignment of functions and publishing across different geographies, and contributing to the Divisional strategy process whilst providing strong support to the Managing Director.

Key responsibilities include

  • Setting up and managing the divisional programme and project portfolio to deliver on Oxford Education strategic goals. Ensuring strategic aims are understood, clearly communicated and projects and programmes are delivered effectively.
  • Developing and implementing an effective framework that identifies appropriate areas for closer collaboration across Oxford Education’s constituent parts.
  • Identifying and delivering continuous improvement projects such that efficiency and reach are improved. Carry out reviews of areas where such improvement could be achieved and work with stakeholders to identify and deliver benefits.
  • Working with the Managing Director to facilitate the Oxford Education Board and Oxford Education Leadership Group agenda such that appropriate priorities are identified and delivered.
  • Providing change management support to initiatives across Oxford Education. This will include establishing and implementing best practice procedures for managing change across the Division in collaboration with other change functions across the Press.
  • Contributing to overall Oxford Education strategy.
  • Identifying and deliver benefits of Oxford Education programmes, identifying dependencies and risks and offering mitigation options to such risks.

About you

The successful candidate will need to clearly demonstrate:

  • Extensive experience in a range of functional areas with strong programme and project management skills
  • A strong understanding of strategy and strategy management
  • Proven experience of change management and building change capability
  • Previous experience of working internationally and a willingness to travel
  • First class communication and influencing skills and an ability to implement effectively within a matrix structure, with appropriate cultural and personal sensitivity
  • The ability identify opportunities and set own agenda whilst being flexible about the range of activities undertaken
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively and share knowledge and learnings, whilst build strong networks
  • Strong commercial instincts
  • Understanding of ‘educational landscape’ (desirable)

To apply please go to https://eu1.advorto.com/OUP/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=18780  

Closing date: 31 May 2015

About Oxford University Press

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