Executive recruitment search agent for Senior Leadership Team posts

The University of South Wales is one of Britain’s most exciting universities and a major player in the UK higher education sector. With over 25,000 students, we are an innovative, thriving and sustainable institution that is making a significant contribution to the economic, social and cultural prosperity of the region and beyond.Our core purpose is to add value to students, through applied research and innovation, and through engagement with the economy and society of our region and the wider world. This purpose informs our vision, our strategic goals and how we focus and deliver our academic activities through our Strategic Plan.Based across three campus locations in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd, our reach is both deep and wide. Within our Group structure are the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, which is the National Conservatoire for Wales, and a college of further education (The College Merthyr Tydfil). In addition, the University has active partnerships with all further education colleges across the region to facilitate access and progression to our programmesAcross the university, we place our values at the heart of everything we do: professional; responsive; creative; inspiring; and collaborative.We are looking for outstanding leaders who embody these values and who can work with the talented staff in the faculties and beyond to build on successes and lead to the delivery of USW Strategy 2030.Following changes to the structures of our Faculty leadership teams within the University of South Wales, we are seeking to appoint to 10 vacancies at Deputy Dean and Associate Dean level. This is an exciting time of change and an opportunity to bring in new and diverse talent to drive forward our Strategy 2030, utilising a specialist search agent to enable this goal.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=125966.The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

Your tender submission will be evaluated in line with the following criteria and weightings:• Perceived quality (including experience, expertise, presentation, review and analysis - 60%• Costs – 30%• Timescales – 10%All queries are to take place within the portal via the Q & A function associated to this notice.The deadline for queries is Midday, Thursday 3rd November 2022.Your tender submission must be uploaded to the Sell2Wales portal Postbox.Your submission must be received by the closing time and date of midday, Wednesday 9th November 2022.You should allow adequate time for the loading of your documents so as to ensure receipt as the Postbox will electronically close at the deadline time and no further submissions will be accepted.Please see the link below to the guidance document for details of how to use the Postbox function:https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/userguides/SupplierPostboxGuide.pd(WA Ref:125966)