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1The professional University
RECRUITMENT OF
DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OIL AND GAS
www.rgu.ac.uk
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CONTENTS
THE OPPORTUNITY
VISION FOR OIL AND GAS
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OIL AND GAS
DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OIL AND GAS
- ROLE PROFILE
- CANDIDATE PROFILE
THE PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY
TRACK RECORD
ONE CAMPUS, ONE VISION
ABERDEEN CITY AND SHIRE
HOW TO APPLY
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THE OPPORTUNITY
’THE TOP MODERN UNIVERSITY IN THE UK’ IN ‘THE TIMES GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE’ - THREE YEARS IN A ROW
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RGU has been supporting the Oil and Gas industry for more than 40 years, working in close collaboration with companies and sector organisations.
This support takes the form of vocational undergraduate programmes, specialist postgraduate courses, bespoke training solutions and the application of applied research.
This uniquely broad range of industrially relevant educational offerings – extending from Engineering to Management and key areas of Healthcare, has resulted in numerous alliances and joint ventures with key players in the oil and gas industry, both in the UK and internationally.
The university, in developing its new strategy, has decided that oil and gas will be a major priority and, through significant investment, RGU will seek to be recognised as a global leader in meeting the educational, training and research needs of the industry. Through the ambitious development of its profile in oil and gas, the university will also act as a magnet for high value innovation and enterprise in the industry and the supply chain, to the benefit of the North-East of Scotland
In order to realise this ambition the university has decided to create an International Institute for Oil and Gas. The Institute will promote and coordinate the university’s activities in this important area and will act as a focal point for engagement with the industry.
The university wishes to appoint a Director of the International Institute for Oil and Gas who, in possessing the necessary experience and knowledge of the industry, will coordinate the university’s offerings relevant to the oil and gas sector; will promote a single oil and gas brand embracing all relevant activity, and will develop and implement the necessary marketing and relationship strategies. Critically the Director will become the focal point for industry engagement with the university and, in collaboration with university staff, will develop new relationships, strategic partnerships and opportunities for the university.
The Director will also coordinate, lead and manage the staff of the Institute.
RGU has an international reputation for meaningful, focused and relevant engagement with the oil and gas industry. These attributes represent a competitive advantage which, through the creation of the Institute, will be enhanced and sustained through investment, systematic promotion and continuous improvement.
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OUR VISION
RGU aspires to be recognised, in Scotland and beyond, as a
distinctive university leading and shaping the debate on the
future of higher education and placing students at the centre
of the education it offers. It will be known for the impact
of its teaching, scholarship and translational research, the
employability of its graduates, its influence in the region and
nation, its growing global profile, and its strong interdisciplinary
focus on a small number of key questions and issues of concern
to the local and global community. It will achieve its goals in
partnership with academic, voluntary, public and business
organisations that share its ideals and aspirations.
The university will enter the global university rankings,
diversify and secure its income and resources, and enter into
close collaborative agreements with key strategic partners.
RGU will be a model university of the future and will shape its
own culture, practice and organisation accordingly.
RGU’s Mission and Vision RGU’s mission is to transform people and communities. It does this by ensuring that our discovery of knowledge and our dissemination of scholarship have the greatest possible economic, social and cultural impact.
RGU’s VISION FOR OIL AND GAS is to be recognised as
a global leader in meeting the needs of the oil and gas
industry in terms of education, training and research.
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BACKGROUNDRGU has been supporting, and working in close collaboration
with, the oil and gas industry for 40 years through the provision of
vocational undergraduate programmes; specialised Masters courses;
the provision of bespoke training solutions and the application and
development of applied research.
The current RGU model has produced a successful track record
and secured an international reputation in quality postgraduate and
corporate courses that produce appropriately skilled graduates,
underpinned by innovative pedagogy, multiple learning options and
successful industrial alliances.
AIMS AND AMBITIONS RGU will continue to remain committed to satisfying the educational,
training and research needs of the oil and gas industry for the
foreseeable future to ensure that a talent and expertise base is created
which will encourage companies to continue to service the global oil
and gas industry from an Aberdeen base. As such, we aspire to be
recognised as a global leader in meeting the needs of the oil and gas
industry in terms of education training and research.
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OIL AND GAS
Our strategy to achieve this aspiration is as follows:
• Positioning RGU as the key provider to industry – locally,
nationally and internationally;
• Developing a portfolio of activity which addresses
Government and industry priorities ;
• Building a globally recognised brand that is based upon strong
core capabilities that are best in class;
• Developing new capabilities and exploiting opportunities for
growth in both teaching and research in emerging industries;
• Winning and developing (with commercial partners)
opportunities in developed and frontier regions;
• Collaborating with relevant academic partners to build on
complementary expertise;
• Working with industry to become a global hub for well
engineering operations management;
• Leveraging cross-Faculty development opportunities in
teaching and research;
• Ensuring that quality and industry relevance remain key
differentiators.
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We recognise that the achievement of these strategic actions requires
organisational change – the development of a single oil and gas brand,
encompassing all relevant university activity. The appointment of a
Director to this institute will create a primary focus of engagement
with the industry, responsible for external liaison and co-ordination of
all relevant commercial activity.
Assuming responsibility (in coordination with RGU’s research
institutes) for the development and management of the oil and gas
research agenda, the Director will coordinate the delivery of all the
education and training activities relevant to the oil and gas sector
across the university’s portfolio.
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The Director will hold a senior university post and
will report to the Principal, while also liaising with
other senior university officers including the Deans.
Operation of the Institute will be managed by an
oversight board comprising the Institute Director
and the three Deans of Faculty.
An industry advisory group will be established to
provide guidance on the Institute’s activities and
strategy .
ROLE PROFILE
DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OIL AND GAS
PURPOSE OF THE POST :
The Director will be expected, through collaboration and cross- disciplinary working, to lead, promote, inspire and develop the university in its strategy for enhanced engagement with the oil and gas industry. He or she will be the coordinator of all university activity – teaching, training and research, related to the oil and gas industry. He/she will promote all such activity through a single brand and will be the focus for oil and gas industry engagement with the university.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES :
• To act as a primary focus of engagement with the oil and gas industry and assume responsibility for industry liaison; • To provide professional leadership to all areas of university activity which engage with the oil and gas industry; • Through close liaison with the industry, to provide the university with key intelligence and advice on strategy; • To advise on the development of key research activity within the university; • To coordinate, in collaboration with Research and Enterprise Services, commercial activity with the industry. • To coordinate, through the Institute, education and training activities across the university portfolio that are relevant to the oil and gas sector; • To develop a relationship strategy and sustainable commercial and academic partnerships; • To develop a marketing strategy to promote the university’s capabilities, USPs and future offerings to the industry.
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CANDIDATE PROFILE
QUALIFICATIONS
Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Comprehensive knowledge of Oil and Gas industry, nationally and internationally;
A thorough understanding of the future development of the industry and the associated challenges;
A demonstrable appreciation of the role of Higher Education in that development;
Visionary leadership and inspirational management skills.
EXPERIENCE
Working at a senior level within oil and gas industry for a significant period. Extremely well networked in the industry;
Demonstrable experience of achieving strategic goals through successful relationship building;
Managing and co-ordinating multidisciplinary professional teams;
Evidence of personal responsibility for strategic development. Demonstrable evidence of leadership through cross- disciplinary partnership working.
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OUR HERITAGE
The name Robert Gordon has been synonymous with
education in Aberdeen since 1750 when the original college
was founded from his bequest. With the addition of Gray’s
School of Art in 1885, the School of Pharmacy in 1898 and the
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture in 1957, the original
college has evolved over the years into a substantial university
– a leading institution of learning still able to draw upon this
rich heritage.
TRACK RECORD
LEAGUE TABLES
RGU maintains strong links with industry and can trump all competition with its 97.1% employment rate.
The Daily Telegraph July 2012
In July 2013, HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Agency) officially recognised RGU as the university with the UK’s best graduate employment record.
For five successive years, Robert Gordon University has
retained the position of best modern university in the UK
(The Times, Sep 2012) and we consistently maintain one
of the UK’s best graduate employment records. In 2012
The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph all rated
Robert Gordon University the top university in Scotland for
Graduate employment.
THE PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY
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THE PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY
The second phase, our ‘Masterplan’, is a £170 million campus development project at our Garthdee campus which will culminate in the realisation of our vision - one campus at Garthdee by 2020. Summer 2013 saw the completion of Riverside East, providing accommodation for schools formerly located on the Schoolhill site, a new library and new social facilities.
one campus, one vision - garthdee 2020
• Develop the Garthdee Campus in a sustainable, phased
manner reflecting the availability of project funding;
• Re-utilise appropriate areas within existing buildings to
form a more holistic and integrated campus;
• Develop a new focus for arrival/entrance from the south,
including a new pedestrian and cycle bridge to the south
side of the river.
It will also allow staff and students from different disciplines to
benefit from working more closely together on interdisciplinary
themes which are so important in today’s society and economy.
The new facilities will complement the University’s existing
buildings in terms of their innovative design and style, while
providing an outstanding educational environment for its students.
THE MASTERPLAN 2009 AIMS TO:
• Consolidate all academic and administrative activities on
the Garthdee Campus site in order to create the finest
riverside learning environment in Europe;
• Create a clearly legible campus heart, focused around a
student-centred experience;
• Develop a new and unified academic development
on the eastern portion of the site in order to gain
from the advantages of co-location and collaboration
between disciplines;
• Retain and enhance the landscaped qualities of the site
and seek to achieve a stronger relationship between
buildings and the riverside setting.
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ABERDEEN CITY AND SHIRE
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ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN ABERDEEN WHICH IS SCOTLAND’S THIRD LARGEST CITY WITH A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF 200,000 AND 400,000 INCLUDING THE WIDER ABERDEEN HINTERLAND.
The city is known internationally as the undisputed European capital
of the energy industry. However, it also has many other sides to its
character. Not least because it is located on the edge of the world
renowned Scottish Highlands and the spectacular Cairngorms - a
magnet for walkers, climbers and skiers from across the UK.
Aberdeen is undeniably a wealthy city; it has one of the highest per
capita incomes of any city after London in the UK. Such prosperity
brings many benefits. The city boasts first-class facilities. Shopping
and leisure opportunities are constantly expanding. Schooling at all
levels is well catered for – with secondary schooling, in particular,
recognised for its quality in both the public and private sectors. The
hotel sector continues to expand its full range of provision as you
would expect of an energy capital.
Aberdeen also offers a fine array of cultural attractions. There is an
eclectic mix of bars, cafés and restaurants and a host of modern
entertainments including cinemas, theatres, museums, galleries
and concert halls. And, throughout the year, Aberdeen also plays
host to several entertaining and stimulating festivals including the
Aberdeen Alternative Festival and the International Youth Festival.
Aberdeen International Airport has direct connections with the
major ‘hub’ airports of Paris, Amsterdam and Oslo as well as London
(Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton) and Dublin. It also has established
connections with a wide range of other major UK cities.
USEFUL LINKS
To view our interactive site on Aberdeenshire, with excellent
information on education, health, housing, transport and weather,
please visit: www2.rgu.ac.uk/aberdeenshire/
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Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Campus, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7QE, United Kingdom
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Robert Gordon University, a Scottish Charity registered under charity number SC013781
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates should initially submit on-line applications at:
www.rgu.ac.uk/about/jobs
Closing date Monday 28 April 2014.