Dear Colleague,

I am very pleased you are interested in joining Birmingham City University as we move forward in fulfilling our mission to be a powerful force for learning, creativity and enterprise, promoting economic, social and cultural wellbeing. To meet this mission with the exciting and busy agenda that is in front of us, it is and will be a privilege to work with a wide range of professional colleagues.

The posts that are available to strengthen the management team of the new faculties and the central finance function provide a unique opportunity for more high calibre like-minded individuals to join us at this exciting phase of the University's development.

I trust that over the pages of this website that you learn about not only the posts, but also the University, its mission and its values.

If, having read the information, you would like a further informal or a confidential discussion, then please contact our partner in this exercise David Curran from Hays Accountancy and Finance on 0121 236 8982 or via the e-mail address - david.curran@hays.com - and just a reminder, the closing date for the receipt of applications is the 10th of October 2008.

We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully working with you in the future.

Yours sincerely

Richard Spilsbury
Director of Finance

About Us

Our Mission

To be a powerful force for learning, creativity and enterprise, promoting economic, social and cultural wellbeing.

Our Vision

We will be recognised regionally, nationally and internationally as a University which fosters intellectual, critical and creative endeavour and, through continuous innovation:

  • Provides an educational experience of the highest quality with a strong commitment to employability and to flexible and practice-based learning;
  • Is an exemplar for engagement with business, the professions and the community;
  • Promotes centres of excellence in research and investigative practice;
  • Is a force for equality and inclusion.

We will attain this reputation through:

  • The value we place on our staff and the expectations we place on them for the highest standards of professionalism and performance;
  • Innovative use of technology to promote effective student learning and efficient business delivery;
  • The development of the estate to achieve a first-class environment.

Our Aims

The University’s ambition in ten years time is to have achieved a national and international reputation for the excellence of its teaching; for the exemplary nature of its engagement with business, the professions and the community; and for the quality of its research. To achieve this ambition we plan to build upon existing achievements; create new areas of excellence and invest in our infrastructure, facilities and business processes to meet the expectations of our students, customer and partners.

We plan to build a momentum of change, and an institution that is sustainable financially, ethically and academically; capable of investing in its own future and meeting the needs of society.

Corporate Plan 2007-2012

pdf The Corporate Plan 2007 - 2012 (pdf: 2Mb)

Governor's Report & Audited Accounts 2006-2007

pdf The Report of the Board of Governors & Audited Accounts 2006-2007 (pdf: 370Kb)