Oferta de emprego: Executive Director For Faculty and Research:

Descrição do emprego:

Executive Director For Faculty and Research (M/F)

Nova School of Business and Economics

20-12-2024 | Carcavelos | Referência: 2005467

Descrição da Empresa

A triple crown accredited school established in 1978, Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) is one of the leading business schools in Europe and the most prestigious Portuguese school in the areas of economics, finance, and management. The school has set an ambitious vision and is in a transforming moment to become a global bub for excellence in knowledge and learning, which includes moving to a new campus, increasing the engagement with research investors, service partners and community, launching new academic programs, and consolidating internal operations.

Position and legal framing: The position of Executive Director for Faculty & Research will correspond to a 1st degree middle-management role under the applicable law and regulation. Nova SBE is an Organic Unit of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (“UNL”), a public foundation with private regime since 2017. UNL adopts a hybrid employment system that contemplates public and private employment. The open position is for a nomination for a management role for a period of three years, supported by a private employment agreement. This falls under UNL’s Statutes and Regulation, legally bounded by the Legal Framing for Higher Education Institutions (RJIES Law 62/2007) and the Labour Code and related Regulation (Law 105/2009 and respective updates until Law 73/2017). UNL’s conditions for management positions are regulated in Regulation 578/2017.
Workplace: The workplace will be the Nova SBE Campus in Carcavelos.

Descrição da Função

The School is now looking to appoint an Executive Director who will play a pivotal role in implementing the vision, by providing leadership to the areas of Faculty and Research. The successful candidate will foster interfaculty collaboration and build relationships across stakeholders; support the Dean, President of the Faculty Council and Academic Coordinators in building a diverse pipeline of scholars and developing them at all stages of their career; and bring a genuine commitment to excellence, impact, and innovation in research. An understanding of the challenges facing the higher education sector in Europe is preferred, though diversity of experience is welcomed. The deadline for applications is midday (GMT) on Monday 30th March 2020.

Responsibilities:

- Strategy-execution: Collaborating with the official bodies of Nova SBE in the definition of Faculty and Research strategies aligned with the School’s mission, strategic plan, and multi-stakeholders’ value creation model, as well as sustainable funding and investment models to support them.
- Team leadership: Leading the implementation of faculty and research strategies, with direct hierarchical responsibility for a team of approximately 20 people that include mid- and low-management positions.
- Faculty recruitment and development: Preparing and implementing a strategic recruitment plan with an international focus, as well as aligning and engaging Faculty members with the School’s strategic intent, by nurturing an environment in which they feel supported in the pursuit of their purpose.
- Research: Developing and promoting strategies that align the value coming from fundamental and applied research with the School’s strategy. This includes articulation with funding bodies, promoting academic entrepreneurship, and the coordination of the scientific communication of the School.
- Cross-functional coordination: Supporting the Dean, President of the Faculty Council, and Academic Coordinators in the development of coordination mechanisms among units that contribute to knowledge development and impact (eg. KCs/Labs), particularly business plans; research and impact agendas; and reporting frameworks on impact and sustainability.
- Quality: Identifying opportunities for service quality improvement and process efficiency among faculty management, research management, and initiatives of Knowledge Centers/KCs and Research Laboratories. Developing and maintaining knowledge systems that efficiently respond to external and internal needs of information related with faculty activities. Priority should be given to information necessary to accreditation bodies (AACSB, EFMD/EQUIS, AMBA, A3ES) and funding institutions.
- Innovation and disruption: Promoting frontier development of technology at the service of knowledge and higher education and encouraging experimentation and innovation among Faculty members.
- Hierarchical responsibilities (article 4 of Regulation 578/2017):
a) Complying with the fundamental values expressed in the law, UNL and Organic Unit’s Statutes, and ethical principles and international standards recognized in higher education, as well as the principles of legality, public interest, equality, impartiality, justice, and proportionality;
b) Promoting results-oriented leadership, with regular planning, budgeting, and controlling of activities and results, aiming at the prosecution of public interest;
c) Orienting performance to high standards of quality, efficacy, efficiency, process simplification, cooperation, communication, transparency, and engagement with stakeholders;
d) Promoting high motivation and engagement of hierarchical reports, as well as the positive image of UNL, identifying personal and professional development needs and encouraging actions to continuously improve the individual skills and service capabilities;
e) Yearly defining the goals for the functional area, considering the goals defined by the Organic Unit;
f) Ensuring compliance with internal procedures;
g) Managing potential conflicts of interests;
h) Nominate substitutes for absence or work impediments (over one week and less than 20 days).

Perfil do Candidato

To fulfill the duties and responsibilities described above, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

- Leadership, strategic management, and project management capabilities, evidenced by professional experience in management roles for more than 10 years. Preference will be given to experience in higher education and professional services organizations that develop knowledge in business and economics.
- Robust understanding of the value creation cycle of research and development in the fields of finance, economics, and management. Preference will be given to Master/PhD holders in a field of management, economics or finance in an internationally accredited business school.
- Experience in designing integrated HR management systems that contemplate career and performance management, development, and recruitment, particularly related with workers of knowledge cooperating through collegial governance models. Preference will be given to knowledge of the particularities of the public and private employment regimes in Portugal.
- Knowledge and robust experience in the articulation of strategic plans and corresponding investment and funding models, enough to support the School in negotiations with partners and investment and funding agencies (emphasis in scientific and innovation agendas for Portugal and European Union).
- Knowledge and robust experience in quality and control management, particularly in the articulation of standards (national and international). Preference will be given to holders of certifications or experience in processes connected with applications, accreditations, peer-reviews, and audits (internal and external).
- Experience in planning, elaboration and submission of applications and service proposals to public and private institutions, in competitive calls to funding or service acquisition (individual, through consortia and/or investment vehicles). Preference will be given to experience in the fields of finance, economics, and/or management.
- Recognizable ability to facilitate strategic meetings and workshops to discuss the future of science and education in the fields of management, economics, and finance, as well as the ability to motivate faculty, researchers, and service partners to a performance of excellence and impact and to experiment and adopt innovative formats in research, teaching, and engagement (local and global scope).
- Proficiency in Portuguese and English languages.

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Selection criteria: Valid applications will be selected based on curricular evaluation, with eliminatory character, and interview with a component of presentation and evaluation. In this scope, the candidate shall present a professional reflection on the role of faculty and research in the future of business schools (15 minutes presentation), followed by an interview with the selection committee. The final grade will correspond to the weighted average of the curricular evaluation (50%) and the interview (50%).

Selection Committee:
Paulo Bastos – Effective member (Chief Financial Officer)
Miguel Ferreira – Effective member (Professor, President of the Faculty Council)
Ana Balcão Reis – Effective member (Professor Pedagogical Council)
Formal notification of results: All candidates will be notified by email.
Application period: The call is open from 13 to 30 March 2020.
Application procedure: Applications must be submitted by email to rh.recrutamento@novasbe.pt, under the subject “NOVASBE/DR-011/2020”, and must include the following documents (mandatory):
1. Motivation letter;
2. Detailed currículo;
3. Transcripts of diplomas or degrees and other documents demonstrating the candidate’s suitability for the required profile.

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