The Deputy Head of Administration and Finance (DHAF) will play a key leadership role in providing professional support for the department, deputising for the Head of Administration and Finance (HAF) and leading the department's strategic people function. You will work closely with the department's academic leadership team including the Head of Department, the Associate Head of Department for People, and other senior colleagues to provide strategic insights and recommendations for improvements to operations and services generally, as well as contributing to the development of the department and delivery of key strategic projects. As Deputy Head of Administration and Finance you will have a broad focus across leading people-related strategies and change management, and developing departmental policy, planning, and governance in this area. Leading the HR team, EDI efforts, administrative support for our 16 Research Groups, and the Projects team, you will be a motivational and innovative leader, with a proven ability to manage change and respond positively to new challenges. You will have sound judgement under pressure, be able to think laterally and creatively, and have the intellectual capacity and strength of character to take and implement important, complex, and sometimes difficult decisions. You will engage positively with all staff groups and work in close collaboration with the other operational service heads to ensure that service is consistently of a high standard and supports the department's delivery of its strategic objectives.

Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG This exciting new post presents an excellent opportunity to join the leadership team of a thriving academic department. The Mathematical Institute is one of the world's leading mathematics departments and our research, impact, and environment were all ranked first in the UK in the 2021 and 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercises. The department has around 250 staff on the main payroll (including over 100 faculty members). Teaching is central to the life of the department, and there are around 950 undergraduate students (including joint courses with other subjects), around 250-300 postgraduate research students, and around 250 Masters students across 5 programmes.

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from BME candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type within the department.