National Manager: Timetables

**Job Advert Summary**:
Eduvos is looking to employ the services of a **National Manager: Timetables**, to be based at any of our National Eduvos campuses, on a permanent basis.

**Type of position**:

- Permanent

**Purpose of the position**:

- To manage the institution’s timetabling department, ensuring, through dynamic timetabling solutions, processes and systems, that the needs of all stakeholders are met and all space assets are optimised.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Minimum qualification**:

- A relevant honours qualification, preferably a BSc (Hons) in Information Technology

**Experience**:

- Two to five years’ experience in Higher Education industry in relevant roles such as the Registrars Office or Academic Operations, with exposure to or responsibility for timetable management
- At least three years’ management experience

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Responsibilities**:
As the** National Manager Timetables**, you will primarily be responcible for:

- Accountable for all Eduvos timetables
- Management:

- **Planning** - Timetabling operational plans, objectives and schedules
- **Monitoring** - monitoring, control, corrective action in relation to all timetabling plans, schedules and objectives
- **Reporting** - progress feedback and timetabling performance feedback to stakeholders
- **Workflow / alignment** - manage the alignment with all relevant stakeholders****:

- Resolve all timetabling escalations / problem solving
- **Resourcing and capacity management** **- ensure all stakeholders are enabled and the team is capacitated to deliver the work** (people; infrastructure; systems; technology; equipment; knowledge - content, process, design; information; facilities / physical environment trends)
- Operational efficiency - **ensure the necessary timetabling processes, standards and systems are in place; ensure governance & ensure compliance and that all timetabling risks are identified and mitigated**
- Leadership
- Talent acquisition, selection, onboarding
- Individual performance - role clarity and objectives; reviews; feedback; corrective actions
- Skill levels - training & development & coaching
- Culture, values and climate and change
- Reward and recognition
- Stakeholder Relations and Reporting
- Represent Eduvos in wider timetabling users’ community forums in the development of timetabling processes and timetabling software, by attending strategic user groups and conferences
- Develop and implement collaborative strategies with all stakeholders to ensure that space requirements for the timetables are planned, taking account of institutional and faculties strategic objectives, student number forecasts, contact hours, examination requirements, curriculum development, academic endeavour, including research and teaching development and the advancement of Eduvos
- Liaise with the facilities/student support departments regarding the number of teaching spaces available, and on related quality and capacity issues and projects
- Act in an advisory capacity on all timetabling matters, including producing updates to Senior Management on issues and progress including input to timetabling related committees, workshops and meetings
- Ensure effective partnership working with Student Data and Academic Systems Team, IT Department, Facilities Department and other functional areas
- Explore and report on ways of improving and developing timetable delivery to facilitate the development of the academic work and the improvement of space utilisation

**Functional and Behavioural Competencies**:
**Functional competencies**:

- Depth of know-how regarding the use of complex timetabling systems (preferably CELCAT)
- A basic understanding of web-based room booking systems
- Advanced MS Office skills (Excel)
- Reporting skills - PowerBI, dashboards, etc.
- Skilled with regard to integrating data between databases
- Desirable:

- CELCAT Automation

**Behavioural competencies**:

- Action orientation
- Leadership
- Collaborative relations and teamwork
- Networking and Influencing
- Effective communication (verbal and written)
- Analysing and problem solving
- Innovation, adaptability and change
- Planning and organising
- Resilience and coping with pressure and setbacks