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MUNSTER
TECHNOLOGICAL
UNIVERSITY
OLLSCOIL
TEICNEOLAÍOCHTA
NA MUMHAN
Munster Technological University
Appointment of
President
August 2020
Contents
03 Introduction
04 About the University
- Vision, Mission & Values
- Teaching and learning
- Research
08 Overview of the South-West Region
09 Job Description
- Duties and responsibilties
10 Person specification
- Terms of appointment
12 Appointment process and how to apply
Appointment of President | August 2020 02
Introduction
On the 1st January 2021, Cork Institute of Technology The new President will have superb networking and
will join with the Institute of Technology, Tralee to negotiation skills and the passion and personal
establish Munster Technological University (MTU). authority to marshal a large and diverse community of
staff, students and external partners around a shared
With its student population of over 18,000 across six vision for the new University. The President will be the
campuses, MTU will be operating at significant scale University’s chief officer and accountable person,
providing academic programmes and delivering leading complying with the Code of Governance for public
multi-disciplinary, industry-focused research with bodies and reporting to the Governing Body, within the
national and international partners. The mission of MTU legislative framework of the Technological
is to lead change and, through education, empower Universities Act (2018).
people for a successful future in a globalised world.
This mission will be achieved through excellence in Offering pathways to graduation from apprenticeship
education, research and engagement as well as to PhD level, the University will be pedagogically
through an organisational culture which is focused on innovative, offering an open, inclusive and digital
recognising and meeting the needs of individuals, learning environment; research intensive, focusing on
enterprise partners and the broader society. key strategic priority areas and engaged with its
communities through an active programme of
A vibrant community of students, academics and innovation, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship.
professionals, MTU will deliver agile, student-centred The new University will have the capacity to operate at
learning, embedding digital technologies into a range a significant scale of activity and ambition in terms of
of learning models and career- focused education, its educational, research, social and economic strategy.
research and innovation activities, with a strong
entrepreneurial ethos.
MTU is now seeking to appoint its inaugural President
inviting candidates who will bring strategic vision and
flair to a Technological University with a strong
foundation in the South-West, creating huge potential
in the region.
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ITT Campus
CIT Campus
About the University
Vision Values
Leading transformation through education. Values capture what MTU is and how it will act,
engage and treat the communities it serves.
MTU’s vision is deliberately bold. It will embrace
MTU’s values will be constant and will guide the
change through its delivery of the technological
development of its strategic imperatives now and
university functions.
into the future.
Mission Inclusive: At its core MTU will be all about
To lead change and, through education, empower people. MTU exists to provide educational
people for a successful future in a globalised pathways to all, helping people invest in their
world. MTU will embody this mission by leading future potential through lifelong learning. MTU
change through its culture and people, through will work in collaboration with a multitude of
relevant multi-disciplinary programmes and an students at different levels and stages in their
innovative approach to teaching and learning, learning cycle, as well as businesses and
research and engagement. MTU will plan for communities at home and abroad, to deliver the
tomorrow and be consistently relevant. MTU will best education for the world of tomorrow.
create opportunity through flexible lifelong
Engaging: MTU will both engage and be
learning and will ensure access for a wide variety of
engaging; investing in understanding and
people at every stage in their learning process,
collaborating with students, staff, employers,
enabling them to achieve their real potential. MTU
regional and global enterprises and government.
will deliver agile, student-centred learning and
MTU will demonstrate its vision and ambition
career-focused education, research and
exhibiting its values through dialogue and action.
innovation. MTU will be committed to supporting
the regional economy.
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About the University
Dynamic: MTU will be a responsive and agile The suite of academic programmes of MTU will
multi-campus regionally based technological reflect the differentiated mission of a technological
university. MTU will respond to the needs of university, including the creative and performing arts,
local, regional and international communities. The humanities and business, alongside science and
technological university will be designed to support engineering. The goal is to accentuate what CIT and
an innovative approach across all its activities. ITT already do well. Both institutes have a dynamic
portfolio of programmes highly focused on technical
Bold: MTU will recognise the need to take and professional areas, with many programmes
managed risk to deliver economic and recognised by relevant professional bodies. As a
technological impact. MTU will be a positive new technological university, MTU has the ability and
force for change in its pursuit of educational and responsibility to build on this solid portfolio. The
technological innovation for tangible economic and enhanced capacity and capability brought about by
social impact. MTU will inspire people to realise MTU will enable further development of high quality
their potential. and relevant programmes of study. Programmes
offered by MTU will be, above all else, responsive to
Teaching and learning the needs of students, employers, the regional and
national economy and the broader society.
Building on CIT and ITT’s outstanding reputations in
the region, MTU will be an exemplar of good Reflecting close links with business and public
practice in professional education. It will pursue this agencies, the career-focused, work-based
goal through the ongoing adoption of best practice in programmes will be developed in response to
teaching and learning as follows: employer skill needs and will play a pivotal role in
meeting the needs of the skills economy. MTU will
• Active and collaborative student-centered learning
embed within the curriculum and foster within the
which engages the student’s desire to learn;
university the skills, values and attitudes that are
• Challenging students to take ownership of their needed to form just and inclusive citizens. MTU will
learning experience; seek to strike a balance between providing
programmes which attract sufficient numbers of
• Providing a relevant and flexible career-focused
students, ensuring that those students are
curriculum developed in close partnership with
employable upon graduation, and providing a
enterprise;
suitably qualified workforce to support the various
• Exposing students to a range of pedagogical styles; sectors of the economy.
• Offering research methods which deliver a range of
skills including creativity, inquiry, problem solving and
innovation.
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About the University
MTU will enable students to develop the key graduate
MTU Research Strategy
attributes and characteristics expected of its students
MTU’s research strategy will be based on critical
on completion of their studies.
mass, competitive advantage, connectivity and
The MTU student will:
clusters, and collaborative leadership. Key strategic
• Have a broad range of relevant discipline-specific objectives for MTU research will include:
knowledge, skills and competencies;
1. Enhancing the connection between research and
• Exhibit personal and professional efficacy and other elements of the technological university’s
integrity, enabled by the development of a broad range mission, notably teaching and learning, whilst being
of competencies including interpersonal and cognisant of the need to ensure that research remains
communication skills, teamwork, ethics and social sustainably funded;
responsibility; 2. Protecting and enhancing the quality of research
and innovation outputs and building a reputation
• Be motivated and empowered to be a lifelong learner
nationally and internationally for impact in prioritised
with a passion for learning which is underpinned by the
research and innovation areas;
essential skills of inquiry and scholarship;
3. Advocating for support structures, including a more
• Have the ability to create and apply knowledge in a robust funding model for research and innovation,
variety of professional contexts, having participated in which are linked to appropriate organisational
an educational programme which fosters problem structures;
solving, knowledge discovery, research and the use of 4. Meeting targets that have been set down in the
knowledge in real-world situations. Technological University Act 2018 in a sustainable
way;
Research
5. Expanding large scale research activity into areas
As a new kind of institution in Ireland, operating at the
which currently do not have delegated authority,
highest academic level in an environment that is
including areas in the humanities, arts and business;
specifically focused on technology and its application,
research will be central to the vision for MTU. As 6. Attracting, retaining and growing a diverse cohort of
indicated in the Technological Universities Act 2018, a students, faculty and staff regionally, nationally and
Technological University will support ‘a body of internationally.
research that includes research relevant at regional,
national and international levels.
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About the University
Focus: MTU’s thematic research areas (TRAs) will
align with the National Research Priority Areas and at
the same time be cognisant of changes to policies at
national and international level. MTU will seek to build
research and innovation activities of demonstrable
scale, supported by access to world-class
infrastructure either across its campuses or through
strategic collaborations and agreements.
Integrity and Openness: MTU will support research
through integrity, ethics, professionalism and respect
and will strive to provide the highest quality
leadership. It will fully subscribe to the National
Statement on Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland,
supporting the forthcoming NORF statement on open
science.
Collaboration: MTU researchers will collaborate with
external stakeholders to achieve the maximum impact
MTU's Research Principles from its research and innovations activities.
MTU will perform research and innovation that will span Teaching and Learning: Research and innovation will
the continuum from fundamental research to that of enhance the connection in MTU between research,
the practical and commercial needs of enterprise in the teaching and learning at all levels enabling
region and beyond. The Technological University critical-thinking graduates and encouraging the
will maintain an emphasis on solutions driven research development of leading and entrepreneurial mindsets.
and innovation that will have impact and
generate benefits. MTU’s emphasis on impact for its Knowledge Exchange: MTU will strengthen CIT/ITT
research will be relevant nationally and already well-established and highly successful
internationally. The principles that will underpin knowledge transfer, commercialisation and
research in MTU are: entrepreneurship activities, continuing to integrate
Researchers: MTU will adopt the current practices both institutions’ research and innovation with
embedded in CIT/ITT Research Career Framework industry, the needs of society and for the public good.
(RCF). This will support the career development of all
academic staff and contract researchers and recognise
the benefits of facilitating their participation in wider
research groups and centres where they can profit
from a well-supported research environment.
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Overview of the South-West Region CIT and ITT are located in the counties of Cork and MTU will respond to the changing skills needs of the Kerry respectively and these two counties together region through the development of flexible form the South-West region of Ireland. These two programmes of study to suit the changing counties, along with the four counties of Clare, demographic nature of the region. MTU will continue Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, form the Munster to develop and enhance curricula and research region. opportunities through stakeholder engagement Given its demographic and economic profile, the ensuring that the changing demands of regional South-West region, along with the main national enterprise, professional occupations and the centre of Dublin, has potential for immediate and community are realised. sustained growth. Appointment of President | August 2020 08
Job Description
MTU is seeking to appoint its inaugural President
Duties and responsibilities
inviting candidates who will bring strategic vision
and flair to a Technological University with a strong The successful appointee will be expected to:
foundation in the South-West.
• provide academic and executive leadership to
MTU;
This individual will have superb networking and
• lead the university in its establishment phase and
negotiation skills and the passion and personal
be responsible for all operational and strategic
authority to marshal a large and diverse community of
matters within the university as provided for in the
staff, students and external partners around a shared
relevant legislation;
vision for the new University. The President will be
the University’s chief officer and accountable person, • lead the ongoing merger process of the two
complying with the Code of Governance for public institutions in developing an agreed organisational
bodies and reporting to the Governing Body, within design, academic programme and QA provisions in
the legislative framework of the Technological the new unitary institution;
Universities Act (2018). • be responsible for the development of a strategic
plan for the new institution;
A vibrant community of students, academics and
professionals, MTU will deliver agile, student-centred • enhance student recruitment from within and
learning, embedding digital technologies into a outside the region on a national level, as well as
range of learning models and career-focused internationally;
education, research and innovation with a strong
• sustain and enhance the level of excellence
entrepreneurial ethos.
in teaching. Act as a compelling advocate for
teaching and learning university-wide, and a
creative, innovative thinker with an eye to the
future, including being a leader in digitisation in
teaching;
• oversee the systematic review of curricula and
enhancement of the portfolio of courses at
undergraduate level;
• enhance the competitiveness of the University’s
postgraduate portfolio of courses and market share
of postgraduate students, both taught and research;
• develop a strong research profile for the University,
identifying strengths and the potential for
development and work to increase research income
from Ireland, European and International sources;
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Role specifcation
• encourage strong collaboration with industry in the • a track record of creating something new, driving
commercialisation of University research and further and delivering change, recognising the changing
develop relationships with industry to deliver high and demanding external environment in which
level skills; MTU operates;
• ensure financial sustainability through a diversity of • a keen understanding and some experience of
funding streams, maximising Government funding, what it takes to create a new entity;
developing the University’s commercial agenda to
• an ability to inspire, and carry the respect of the
increase commercial funding and identifying other
academic community and industry partners;
sources of funds including philanthropy;
• promote equality and diversity among students and • experience and expertise in all aspects of
employees of the University; governance and management particularly as these
relate to higher education or public-sector
• encourage, and demonstrate through
institutions;
example, a culture of openness, transparency
and empowerment throughout the University • proven networking and interpersonal skills, with a
community; track record of successful high-level representation
• build the international profile of the University; and relationship building across a complex
stakeholder map;
• act as an ambassador for the University in
high level national and international
forums; and
• oversee the effective management of MTU’s
financial, human and physical resources against
clear outcome targets and objectives.
Person Specification
A person of the highest calibre is sought for this
challenging position. The successful appointee will be
expected to demonstrate:
• a compelling vision for the future development of
MTU;
• a distinguished academic record with a doctorate
qualification or equivalent industry experience;
• a proven track record of effective, dynamic and
collaborative strategic leadership and achievement
gained at a senior level;
Appointment of President | August 2020 10Person specifcation cont.
• outstanding communication skills with a deep
understanding of people and the ability to
Terms of appointment
actively listen, demonstrate empathy engage The salary will reflect the seniority and wide-ranging
people, engender trust and motivate individuals nature of this role and will be set with reference to
and teams; salary levels which currently prevail for presidents in
• a capability to operate at the highest levels of both the Irish university sector subject to the approval of the
the public and private sectors, within Ireland or Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,
internationally; Innovation and Science given with the consent of the
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The salary
• capacity to influence and drive the development of
is pensionable.
teaching and learning, understanding its importance
and maintaining its profile within the wider setting
of a research and industry-engaged institution;
• a record of negotiating large scale financial and
capital projects; and
• ability to develop, empower, lead and motivate a
strong senior management team, focused on delivery
of the strategic objectives of MTU, with an ability to
translate strategy and plans into achievable
outcomes and targets;
• a leadership style that encourages a culture of
openness, transparency and empowerment
throughout the University; and
• strong financial acumen with proven ability to
optimise and manage resources.
Appointment of President | August 2020 11Appointment process and
how to apply
The Selection Committee will be supported in this Completed applications should be uploaded at
appointment process by the executive search firm https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/,
Perrett Laver. Enquiries may be made directly to; quoting reference 4737. The closing date for
applications will be 5pm BST on Tuesday 22nd
Dr Phil Entwistle - phil.entwistle@perrettlaver.com
September 2020.
Michelle Scanlon - michelle.scanlon@perrettlaver.com
Dr Sinead Gibney - sinead.gibney@perrettlaver.com
The appointment will be made subject to satisfactory
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detailing academic and professional qualifications take up employment as soon as contractual obligations
and experience, full employment history and relevant allow.
achievements. CVs should be accompanied by a
covering letter describing briefly how candidates
meet the criteria outlined in the person specification,
why the appointment is of interest and what they
believe they can bring to the role.
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