Staff Profile

Roles and Responsibilities

Helen is an experienced senior manager with over 25 years' experience of the UK Higher Education sector. She has proven demonstrable success in a number of leadership/management areas including; establishing and undertaking a re-organisation of a large professional services function. She played a lead role in the design, delivery, and occupancy of the Business Schools current building (50 million project, occupied since 2010) and was also on the Steering Group for the Frederick Douglas Centre (Teaching Centre) on the Helix site. 

Helen took on the role of Head of Operations in the Biosciences Institute in November 2019, as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, Helen works with the Institute Dean and Deputy Institute Deans and wider Faculty senior management team. Her role as a member of the Institute team is to ensure the future sustainability, growth and direction of the Institute. Helen also has overall responsibility for the Data and Communications community of staff as part of her wider portfolio.

Qualifications

Helen completed her MBA in July 2001

She completed the Chartered Association of Business School's Development Programme for Senior Managers (DPSAM) in 2005

University Mentor (October 2016) completed the Women in Academia Coaching and Mentoring Programme (Joint programme with Newcastle and Durham)

Previous Positions

Helen has been employed with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne since 1992 in a variety of roles including working for the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Dentistry. Prior to this she was employed by Newcastle Health Authority. Helen joined Newcastle School of Management in 2000, and then became the School Administrator in the newly formed Business School in August 2002. In 2004 she undertook a six month secondment in the Faculty of HaSS working as the Deputy Head of Administration. In September 2004 Helen became the School Manager in the Business School. Helen started as the Head of Operations in Biosciences in November 2019.

Memberships 

Life Fellow of the Chartered Association of Business Schools awarded November 2019

Member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools Professional Managers Steering Committee (Chair from 2011-2015)

Member of the Association of University Administrators (AUA)

Co Vice Chair Main Governing Body of Archbishop Runcie Church of England First School - November 2013 to November 2019

Vice Chair Finance and Staffing  Archbishop Runcie Church of England First School - November 2013 to November 2019