Operations Group

Terms of reference

Terms of reference

• Takes devolved responsibility for co-ordinating the University’s central support departments
• Ensures that the support services work effectively together
• Ensures that the support departments remain focused on providing the highest possible quality of service to academic staff, students and other stakeholders
• Monitors the budgets of the support services on a monthly basis
• Ensures that the support services remain focused on helping to implement the University Plan
• Monitors against the agreed annual objectives for each service
• Provides a forum for sharing information, discussing issues of common interest and addressing issues that run across two or more support services
• Communicates on a regular basis with heads of academic departments and works to enhance lines of communication between central support departments and academic departments

Membership

Membership

• Natalie Armstrong, Operations Manager (Sciences)
• Wayne Campbell, Academic Registrar
• Mike Clarke, Operations Manager (Social Sciences) 
• Joan Concannon, Director of External Relations
• Rebekah Desport, Director of Planning
• Jon Greenwood, Director of Commercial Services
• Jamie Holliday, Operations Manager (Arts and Humanities)
• Joss Ivory, Director of Human Resources
• Jeremy Lindley, Director of Finance
• David McBeth, Director of Research and Enterprise
• Rod Peet, Deputy Director of Finance
• Rebecca Christou, Senior Executive Officer to the Vice-Chancellor

In attendance 

• Kathryn Hague, Executive Officer to the Registrar and Secretary (minutes)
• Joe Connor, Management Accountant

Meeting dates

 Papers for inclusion on the agenda are due by 5.00pm on the paper submission date.