SECRETARY GENERAL, CILT INTERNATIONAL

Role
Secretary General
Location
Corby, with international travel required

Key responsibilities include:
– Drive global collaboration and foster strong relationships with our global network of territorial organisations and international branches.
– Ensure the activities of the Institute and its global network are compliant with our Royal Charter, its by-laws and Code of Professional Conduct.
– Oversee and direct the strategic activities of the International Secretariat team.
– Represent the Institute at the highest level at international conferences and events, in alliance with the International President.
– Travel to our active countries to support strategic initiatives across our international network
– Lead in monitoring and auditing membership and education standards in territorial governing bodies and international branches and accredited institutions.

Interested in learning more? Request the full job description and apply for the role by sending your CV and a cover letter outlining your experience and vision for the role to, info@ciltinternational.org.

Heriot-Watt University – Edinburgh Business School
Professor in Sustainable Logistics
Salary: Competitive
Location: Edinburgh

Edinburgh Business School is recruiting a Professor in Sustainable Logistics to join the world-leading Centre for Sustainable Logistics (CLS) which is based within the Marketing and Operations Department. CLS is internationally recognised for its research and industry engagement and has a growing research portfolio of national and international significance. CLS leading the UKRI TRANSIT project and is a co-investigator with DARe (Decarbonised Adaptable and Resilient Transport Infrastructure). These projects have a planned combined funding of £32M with matched industry funding of industry of £25M. CLS is poised to extend its research into digitalisation and artificial intelligence. This new role will advance the leadership and development of CLS to make an enhanced contribution to the University’s Global Research Institute (GRI) for Net Zero.

Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is a global leader in high-quality, accessible, practice-oriented business education and research. At Edinburgh Business School, we envision a future where our contributions improve the world and leave a meaningful legacy for generations to come. We are eager to welcome faculty and staff who will help us forge the future through groundbreaking research, innovative pedagogy, and dynamic professional services. We are looking for colleagues who:

• Understand and embrace the value of accessible, practice-oriented learning and research.
• Pursue excellence both individually and collectively.
• Know the value of collaboration.
• Embrace our inclusive, global community.
• Are passionate about making a difference.

Applicants must possess a PhD in a relevant field. They should demonstrate outstanding academic achievement through a track record of grant funding, internationally excellent publications, and industry collaboration with associated impact case studies. In addition, candidates should have proven ability in mentoring and developing colleagues at various career stages. The ideal candidate will have an external international network of research collaborators and demonstrate success at meeting strategic university research targets.

This role is suitable for either Associate Professors looking to progress into a full professorial role, or those who are currently a professor. Workload is divided typically as 40% Research, 40% teaching and 20% administration. Allocated teaching is planned to be delivering research-informed content to undergraduate and taught postgraduate plus PhD supervision. Exceptional applicants may qualify as a Bicentennial Chair which for three years will have a division of workload of 70% for research, 10% for teaching and 20% for administrative activity.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all. Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options. Applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside other applications. For further information on this please visit the UK Visas & Immigration website: www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

For a confidential conversation about the role please contact Mohamed Ebrahim at Mohamed.ebrahim@gatenbysanderson.com. To find out more about the role and apply click here >>

Closing date: Monday 15 April 2024.

Heriot-Watt University – Edinburgh Business School
Professor in Sustainable Transport
Salary: Competitive
Location: Edinburgh

Edinburgh Business School is recruiting a Professor in Sustainable Transport to join the world-leading Centre for Sustainable Logistics (CLS) which is based within the Marketing and Operations Department. CLS is internationally recognised for its research and industry engagement and has a growing research portfolio of national and international significance. CLS leading the UKRI TRANSIT project and is a co-investigator with DARe (Decarbonised Adaptable and Resilient Transport Infrastructure). These projects have a planned combined funding of £32M with matched industry funding of industry of £25M. CLS is poised to extend its research into digitalisation and artificial intelligence. This new role will advance the leadership and development of CLS to make an enhanced contribution to the University’s Global Research Institute (GRI) for Net Zero.

Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is a global leader in high-quality, accessible, practice-oriented business education and research. At Edinburgh Business School, we envision a future where our contributions improve the world and leave a meaningful legacy for generations to come. We are eager to welcome faculty and staff who will help us forge the future through groundbreaking research, innovative pedagogy, and dynamic professional services. We are looking for colleagues who:

• Understand and embrace the value of accessible, practice-oriented learning and research.
• Pursue excellence both individually and collectively.
• Know the value of collaboration.
• Embrace our inclusive, global community.
• Are passionate about making a difference.

Applicants must possess a PhD in a relevant field. They should demonstrate outstanding academic achievement through a track record of grant funding, internationally excellent publications, and industry collaboration with associated impact case studies. In addition, candidates should have proven ability in mentoring and developing colleagues at various career stages. The ideal candidate will have an external international network of research collaborators and demonstrate success at meeting strategic university research targets.

This role is suitable for either Associate Professors looking to progress into a full professorial role, or those who are currently a professor. Workload is divided typically as 40% Research, 40% teaching and 20% administration. Allocated teaching is planned to be delivering research-informed content to undergraduate and taught postgraduate plus PhD supervision. Exceptional applicants may qualify as a Bicentennial Chair which for three years will have a division of workload of 70% for research, 10% for teaching and 20% for administrative activity.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all. Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options. Applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside other applications. For further information on this please visit the UK Visas & Immigration website: www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

For a confidential conversation about the role please contact Mohamed Ebrahim at GatenbySanderson (Mohamed.ebrahim@gatenbysanderson.com) To find out more about the role and apply click here >>

Closing date: Monday 15 April 2024.

Job Title: Head of Organisational Development

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000

Location: Rigby Road, Blackpool

Job description:

The Head of Organisational Development will work across the organisation to foster a culture which places the company values at its core. This role is a vital conduit between operational HR matters and transformational business improvement.

This role is pivotal to driving continuous culture change activity across the business and the successful applicant will be a visible and vibrant role model for the Blackpool Transport brand.

Key Deliverables

• Lead and develop the Organisational Development team to drive culture change through challenge and improved people management practices across the business.
• Expertly manage the workload of the Organisational Development team to ensure high levels of consistency, equity, efficiency, and quality relating to all HR and Learning & Development matters, to include recruitment, career pathways, diversity & equal opportunities, policy & procedure development, governance, and succession planning.
• Drive the further development of Blackpool Transport policies to meet legislation requirements and foster best practice.
• Act as an expert advisor on current Human Resources related initiatives including changes to employment law and equality and diversity matters.
• Take a risk-based approach to employee relations challenges to achieve timely, fair and effective resolution whilst mitigating detrimental outcomes.
• Create a range of support services for Blackpool Transport employees to enable consistency relating to casework matters.
• Implement an employee relations monitoring programme based on trends and patterns and focused on continuous business improvement.
• Design evidence-based workforce planning to identify gaps and pressure points and provide solutions to achieve strategic objectives.
• Lead on new projects to enable people-centric management activity and engender a coaching style of leadership.
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with BTS Managers to embed a culture of high performance and alignment to the BTS Mission, Vision & Values.
• Ensure that the optimum training and development opportunities are provided across the organisation based on internal and external customer feedback.
• Further develop the Blackpool Transport brand to become an employer of choice to attract and retain excellent talent.
• Develop and implement innovative initiatives to attract and retain a wide range of employee demographics.
• Drive a comprehensive induction and employee engagement programme to cultivate advocacy and engagement throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Build strong business relationships with external agencies in the public transport sector to lead on best practice initiatives and customer service improvement projects.

For more information about the role, please click the following link HOD recruitment pack.