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Executive Board Responsibilities

October 2023 Version

Portfolio

Recurrent responsibilities

Line management

Vice-Chancellor (VC)

Chief Accountable Officer
Chief Academic Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Institutional data
Emergency Response Deputy

DVC
PVCs
ED People Services
Chief Financial Officer
Registrar
Dean of Advancement
Dean of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Strategic Adviser (National Innovation Centres; Development Trust liaison)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC)

Vison and Strategy Implementation
Planning and Budgeting, including student number planning
Infrastructure strategy
Strategic projects portfolio 
Key People Projects (with ED People Services)

 

Chief Financial Officer

Financial strategy
Financial Risk Management (inc fraud risk)
Budget and financial planning
Pensions - RBP liaison
Pensions – USS nominated contact
Subsidiary and joint venture management
NUIT
Estates and Facilities

Finance
Funding Assurance
Internal Audit
NUIT
Estates
Accomodation Services
Facilities Management
Hospitality

Registrar

University Governance
Risk Management
Senior Information Risk Owner
Prevent
Freedom of Speech
Establishment Licence holder
Military Education Committee
Library and Archives
NUSU Trustee Board
Emergency response & Business Continuity
Requirements of the Charities Act

Academic Services
External Relations
Student Services
Executive & Governance Office
Legal Services
Research & Innovation Office
Strategic Planning & Change
Business Development & Enterprise

Executive Director of People Services

People Operations and policies
Employee relations
Culture, Engagement and EDI
Health and Safety, Wellbeing Sponsor
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

People Services (People Operations and People Engagement and Culture)

Executive Director of External

Relations 

Marketing, Brand and Website
Student Recruitment
Admissions
Advancement
Communications (incl Internal Comms)
Engagement
CMA Compliance
Reputation and PR SIG and WG 

Advancement
Student Recruitment & Admissions
Marketing
Communications (now incorporating Corporate Comms)
Engagement & Place Team
International Office

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)

Leading on Education Strategy
TNE (with Global PVC)
Learning and Teaching developments (incl. IUP)
Student Experience (incl. internationalisation)
Quality Assurance including strategic oversight and monitoring of TEF and APP
Academic leadership development
T&L colleague development
Recruitment and admissions strategic planning
Strategic portfolio development, incl. Online provision

Dean of Digital Education

Dean of Lifelong Learning and Professional Practice 

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global)

Leading on Global Strategy 
Global partnerships
International student recruitment channels (incl. diversity)
International student mobility
INTO relationship 

Dean Global HaSS
Dean Global FMS
Associate Deans Global SAgE
Director International Office
Provost & Group CEO ASEAN
Vice-Provost and CEO NUMed 

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation)

Leading on Research Strategy
Research Funding
Excellence in Research
Research Culture
Research Ethics, Integrity and Trusted Research
International Research funding
Innovation & Commercialisation
Business & Industry engagement
HEIF, RCIF and hypothecated QR budgeting
PGR, policy, strategy and funding

Dean of Business and Innovation
Dean of Research Culture and Strategy
Research Strategy Manager (joint with Director of R&I)
Faculty Deans of Research and Innovation (joint with Faculty PVCs)
Faculty Deans of Postgraduate Study (joint with Faculty PVCs)
NUAcT/NU Futures Director
 

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement and Place)

Leading on Engagement and Place strategy
NU Policy
Knowledge Exchange and Policy Oversight EPOC) - including HEIF and Policy Support fund
Social Justice
Sustainability (including UNSDGs)
Philanthropy Oversight Group
Regional widening participation
Cullture, including University Museum and Gallery Board

Dean of Social Justice
Insights North East Director 

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Faculty of Medical Sciences)

Faculty leadership and management
NHS relationships
NUMed Malaysia
AHSC & Health Innovation NENC
NHSA
Medical Schools Council & Executive

Faculty staff
NUMed CEO
DOFO
AHSC COO

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Faculty leadership and management

Faculty staff
Heads of School and Portfolio Deans
NUBS Dean
Directors of Faculty Research Institutes
UNESCO Chair
DOFO

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Science, Agriculture and Engineering)

Faculty leadership and management
NUIS
NICD
University Farms
DER

Faculty staff
Four Heads of School
DOFO
NUIS CEO (jointly with PVC Global)
Director NICD
Director DER (National)

Deans:
Education (jointly with PVC-E)
R&I (jointly with PVC R&I)
PG (jointly with PVC R&I)
Education Development & Global (jointly with PVC-G)
Business, Innovation & Skills (jointly with Dean B&I; PVC-E&P)
Strategic Projects