Leadership level (Information Technology)

Experiences

Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level

• Strategic leadership to set and ensure departmental objectives are met
• Setting the culture through leading by example
• Ownership of departmental budget (ensuring that expenditure and forecasting match and are appropriate)
• Ensuring efficient systems and processes are in place to deliver projects for UCL
• Ensuring compliance for regulatory practices such as GDPR, Health & Safety, etc.
• Raising the profile of the area and managing relationships with senior stakeholders
• Ensuring there is confidence in the area of the department
• Representing the department
• Commercial awareness
• Overseeing the governance and effective running of the department
• Creating and promoting opportunities for staff development
• Translating the organisational strategy into aims and objectives for the department
• Negotiating and influencing
• Being resilient
• Taking responsibility for departmental level risks and issues
• Assessing proposals and predicting any potential impact on the department

Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the job

• Taking responsibility for leadership of department wide initiatives
• Deputising for or taking on an acting role for the Head of department
• Identifying significant areas for improvement
• Identifying opportunities
• Taking responsibility for departmental level risks and issues
• Increased awareness and understanding of organisational funding and financial management

Learning from others  

• Networking with the Professional Services Leadership Team
• Encouraging participation in UCL wide initiatives
• Attending conferences and delivering presentations
• Representing UCL in the HE sector at other events

Formal learning

• Strategic leadership training 
• Internal finance training

Transferable skills and competencies

UCL uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out more details on the framework.

Adhering to principles and values

• Upholding ethics and values.
• Acting with integrity.
• Utilising diversity.
• Showing social and environmental responsibility.

Persuading and influencing

• Making an impact.
• Shaping conversations.
• Appealing to emotions.
• Promoting ideas.
• Negotiating and gaining agreement.
• Dealing with political issues.

Deciding and initiating action

• Making decisions.
• Taking responsibility.
• Acting with Confidence.
• Acting on own initiative.
• Taking action.
• Taking calculated risks.

UCL Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with UCL culture and values.  For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to the Ways of Working website.