Faculty Strategic Operations Team
Head of Strategic Delivery
Vacant
- Provides key support for the development of the AHSS Faculty Strategy
- Develops and implements the plans across each of the Faculty portfolios, in order to deliver on the objectives of the Strategy
- Leadership and line management of all the administrative and clerical staff within the Faculty Strategic Operations Team
- Servicing the Faculty Executive Board
- Responsibility for co-ordinating risk management across the Faculty.
SENIOR FACULTY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
PA to the Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Maria Carrick
E-mail: m.carrick@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 5006
- PA to Faculty PVC
- Diary management, meetings, confidential correspondence
- Liaison with internal and external stakeholders
- Support for Faculty Management Committee.
Finance Officer and PA to Head of Strategic Delivery
Marguerite Fitzsimons
E-mail: m.j.fitzsimons@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 3764
- PA to Faculty Manager
- Diary management, meetings, confidential correspondence
- Finance Processing and purchasing
- Support for Public Engagements/Events.
Information Analyst
Aideen McCracken
E-mail: a.mccracken@qub.ac.uk
- Provides management information needs across the Faculty Office, and reporting against KPIs to Faculty Executive Board
- Supports colleagues across Faculty with data analysis for Athena Swan submissions
- Additional analysis across core business systems.
DEANS' SUPPORT
PA to the Deans of Education and Graduate Studies
Clare Conway (Maternity Leave)
E-mail: c.conway@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 1235
- Diary Management and clerical support for the Faculty Dean of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies
- Support for Faculty Education and Postgraduate Committees; Cross-Faculty and Joint Degrees Subgroup and Study Abroad and International Exchanges Subgroup
- Faculty Dean of Education Student Bursaries: Conference Attendance, Erasmus+, International Exchange, Summer School/Short Course
- Support for the Deans’ Administrator.
Research Communications Officer
Colm Heatley
E-mail: c.heatley@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 1949
- Helps create, edit, produce and promote podcasts based on research and academic expertise from across AHSS
- Works with media outlets such as BBC, RTÉ and C4 as well as independent documentary producers to promote AHSS research with a view to having programmes commissioned. Also develops closer links with media outlets and producers and the University by holding workshops
- Works with academics in Faculty to help develop their research into ideas and themes that could work as documentary programmes on TV, Radio and podcasts
- Works with broadsheet media across the UK and Ireland to promote AHSS’ academic expertise.
Faculty Education Officer
Ruth Bright
E-mail: r.bright@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 1372
- Provides administrative support to the Dean of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies in co-ordinating and implementing key aspects of the Faculty’s education and postgraduate activities
- Supports the Faculty UG Education Committee and PG Education and Research Committee as well as the Cross-Faculty and Joint Degrees and Study Abroad and International Exchanges Subgroups
- Manages all Faculty level quality assurance processes, including: Continuous Action for Programme Enhancement; proposals for new programmes; withdrawals of existing programmes; major changes to existing modules and programmes.
DIGITAL LEARNING AND WORK RELATING LEARNING
Digital Learning Developer
Laura Farling
E-mail: l.farling@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 1941
- Advise and support staff on the best use of digital tools and technology for teaching and research
- Develop online resources and activities for digital learning projects
- Support the development of online and digital support for international students (on campus and abroad).
Digital Learning Developer
Kirsty Gillen
E-mail: k.gillen@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 1679
- Provide specialist advice and support to staff on curriculum development, teaching, learning and assessment, with a focus on digital learning, technology-enhanced learning and connected learning.
- Enhance digital literacy skills for AHSS staff through training and 1-2-1 support.
- Develop online resources and training activities around innovation in the curriculum and research.
- Support the development and implementation of digital resources for distance and blended learning programmes.
- Provide new AHSS staff training on the use of digital tools and technology for teaching and learning at QUB.
- Manage and provide training on AHSS equipment and software licences.
Development Officer
Shelby Hanna
E-mail: Shelby.Hanna@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 5175
- Facilitate the development of Work Related Learning across AHSS Faculty
- Enhance student experience of Work Related Learning activities
- Increase student and staff awareness of Work Related Learning activities and opportunities
- Develop tailored Work Related Learning activities, events and opportunities for AHSS students and staff
- Develop Internationalisation of Work Related Learning
- Embed Work Related Learning in all AHSS curricula/co-curricular offerings.
Development Officer
Shauncey Wilde
E-mail: s.wilde@qub.ac.uk
Phone: 028 9097 5305
- Facilitate the development of Work Related Learning across AHSS Faculty
- Enhance student experience of Work Related Learning activities
- Increase student and staff awareness of Work Related Learning activities and opportunities
- Develop tailored Work Related Learning activities, events and opportunities
- Develop Internationalisation of Work Related Learning
- Embed Work Related Learning in all AHSS curricula/co-curricular offerings.
GLOBAL MOBILITY TEAM
Global Support Officer
Conor Mullan
E-mail: c.mullan@qub.ac.uk
- Line management and support of the team responsible for coordinating inbound and outbound short-term study opportunities and enhancing the overall experience of these students
- Support for the Faculty internationalisation objectives through servicing the FIC, international budget management, building relations with international partners and QUB Directorates and implementing Faculty processes for new/renewed partnership arrangements
Visiting Students Coordinator
Hannah Costello
E-mail: hannah.costello@qub.ac.uk
- Coordinates the promotion and planning of programmes for outbound mobility for AHSS students to undertake short-term study at partner institutions including; Belmont University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
- Coordinates all aspects of Outbound Mobility from application, administration of bursaries, and developing itineraries.
- Operational management and promotion of the AHSS Jetset Award.
- Primary contact for students within the AHSS Faculty seeking Global Mobility support.
Visiting Students Coordinator
Chelsea Brownlee
E-mail: c.brownlee@qub.ac.uk
- Operational management and coordination of AHSS International Summer School, and development of other short-term summer programmes
- Collaboration with international partner institutions and organisations
- Supports the Global Support Officer and Associate Dean for International Mobility & Student Experience in delivering a world-class experience for visiting students
Visiting Students Coordinator
Anna Doherty
E-mail: a.doherty@qub.ac.uk
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Supports the Global Support Officer in taking responsibility for providing a first-class service in all aspects of the experience of visiting students, specifically in the areas of Short-Term Study.
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Operational management of the coordination and delivery of programmes of short-term study for visiting students.
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Leads on the delivery of events and activities for visiting students, particularly cohort groups from partner institutions, across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, including pre-arrival workshops, induction events, registration, field trips and social events.
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Key contact in the development of partnerships within the AHSS Faculty, supporting the Dean of Internationalisation and Engagements and the Associate Dean of Global Reputation and Partnership.