The HRD division is headed up by Tracey Hulme – Associate Director of Leadership and Learning. Tracey joined the University four years ago, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and expertise from roles in the Police and other Higher Education institutions. Tracey has overall responsibility for all organisational development available at the University and, in particular, has a specialist focus on enhancing excellence within leadership in the organisation.

Brian Murphy
Role – Head, Academic Development
Key responsibilities - overall responsibility for setting the strategic direction of academic development available at the University to support an effective and high-quality learning and teaching environment. Oversight and management responsibility for the successful delivery and implementation of the operational objectives of the academic development team including PgCAP, Research Supervisor development, and the roll out and embedment of the Academic Roles manual. Specialist focus on the design and implementation of professional standards in the higher education workforce.

Email Brian or Tel:56841

The Product Development and Service Support team are responsible for the design and development of new products and resources, and the upkeep and enhancement of existing tools, in relation to OD at the University. The team manage the online learning portal and have responsibility for building the development schedule following the annual PDR cycle. The team also produce the monthly report, outlining how the division is performing against our SLAs which can be found in ‘Our Performance’.

Rhona Cleary
Role – Learning & Development Coordinator
Key responsibilities -lead on HRD website activity and updates. Currently project managing the review of HRD’s communications and engagement strategy. Shared responsibility with L&D Coordinators for managing and improving the content of development toolkits, utilising evaluation feedback to further enhance development resources, and ensuring development records are accurate and up to date.

Email Rhona or Tel: 52308

Rebecca Coles
Role – Learning & Development Manager (currently on maternity leave)
Key responsibilities - oversee the suite of learning and development products at the University; ensure the resources on offer are up to date, effective and best-practise; and, overall management responsibility of the Product Development team.

Email Rebecca or Tel: 56512

Angela Cross
Role – Learning & Development Team Leader
Key responsibilities -lead on implementation of Transformation Phase 2 development programme. Responsible for the supervision of Learning & Development team’s workloads and performance.

Email Angela or Tel: 52338

Anne Jackson
Role – Learning & Development Coordinator
Key responsibilities - lead on performance reporting for HRD activity. Currently leading on programme administration for the PgCAP and the development of a robust framework for skills and behaviour development in future. Shared responsibility with L&D Coordinators for managing and improving the content of development toolkits, utilising evaluation feedback to further enhance development and  resources, and ensuring development records are accurate and up to date. 

Email Anne or Tel:56336 

Ben Mollo
Role – E-Learning Coordinator
Key responsibilities - lead on the development and management of e-learning resources. Specialises in the identification and use of innovative technologies for learning and development.

Email Ben or Tel:52626

Jan Tye
Role – Learning & Development Coordinator (Currently on Secondment with CASS)
Key responsibilities - lead on academic development events and activity. Currently project managing the review of the University’s induction and onboarding experience. Shared responsibility with L&D Coordinators for managing and improving the content of development toolkits, utilising evaluation feedback to further enhance development resources, and ensuring development records are accurate and up to date.

Email Jan or Tel:52337

Clive Yates
Role – Learning & Development Assistant
Key responsibilities - lead on overall development session management and enquiry management. Responsible for all development session scheduling and recording.

Email Clive or Tel:52328

Our Professional and Organisational Development Consultants are each associated with a link College and professional service area(s) and work with those Colleges and professional service areas to understand and identify what the development priorities in those areas are, and what development resources may be required. We also have a number of qualified Coaches in the team who provide 1:1 coaching where this has been agreed with line managers.

Howard Barringer
Role – Professional & Organisational Development Consultant

Key responsibilities - Professional and Organisational development contact for the College of Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Business and Law and in the professional service areas of Finance, Governance Services and University Legal. Sourcing and delivering Learning and Development activities, facilitation of workshops and provision of management coaching as required. Specific interests in communication and customer service skills.

Email Howard or Tel:57015

Amy Pearson
Role - Professional & Organisational Development Consultant
Key responsibilities – Professional and Organisational development contact for the College of Science and Technology and the professional service areas of Advancement Services, Communications, Planning, Performance and Change Management. Sourcing and delivering Learning and Development activities, facilitation of workshops and provision of management coaching as required. Also the HRD lead for Equality and Diversity.

Email Amy or Tel:52884

Max Rawlings
Role - Professional & Organisational Development Consultant
Key responsibilities – Professional and Organisational development contact for the College of Health and Social Care and the professional service areas of Estates and Property Services, HR and IT Services. Sourcing and delivering Learning and Development activities, facilitation of workshops and provision of management coaching as required. Specialising in career development and Team Management profiling.

Email Max or Tel:52339

Ian Roberts
Role - Professional & Organisational Development Consultant
Key responsibilities – Professional and Organisational development contact for the College of Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Business and Law and in the professional service areas of SID, SLD, R&I and the Library. Sourcing and delivering Learning and Development activities and facilitation of workshops. Leading on development activities in HR policies and projects.
 

Email Ian or Tel:52882

Our Academic and Research Development team have a breadth of responsibilities and work closely with academic and research colleagues in particular to support and facilitate the improvement of learning and teaching at the University. The team also includes the Digital Skills function whose primary responsibility is ensuring all colleagues are aware of, and able to use, the variety of innovative technologies that are available to support individuals in their role.

Martyn Clark

Role– Academic Innovations Manager
Key responsibilities - lead on the Teaching Essentials for Salford Staff programme (TESS). Martyn is a Fellow of the HEA. Read more>>

Email Martyn or Tel:52844

Cheryl Dunleavy
Role – Academic Development Consultant
Key responsibilities -lead for academic development in the CST and CHSC. Cheryl is a Fellow of the HEA. Read more>>

Email Cheryl or Tel:52573

Mat Holden
Role – Learning Technology Systems Manager
Key responsibilities - project manager for the successful implementation of the Elevate project. Currently leading on the scoping and development of Project Innovate. Responsible for the identification and introduction of new learning technology systems into the University, with a particular focus on the academic learning and teaching environment.

Email Mat or Tel:57284 

Chrissi Nerantzi
Role – Academic Advisor
Key responsibilities - Responsible for programmes in Academic Development. Chrissi is a Senior Fellow of the HEA. Read more>>

Email Chrissi or Tel:52309

Pete Whitton
Role – Academic Development Consultant
Key responsibilities - lead for academic development in CASS. Pete is a Fellow of the HEA. Read more>>

Email Pete or Tel:56636

The team work with ALL staff in becoming more effective and efficient in using the University’s ICT and business systems. They also work with academic staff in using ICT and learning technologies, with the aim of enhancing the Student Experience, in and out of the classroom.
 

Denis Chambers
Role – Digital Skills Coordinator
Key responsibilities - specialises in presentations and the Agresso finance system. Digital Skills contact for CASS.
 

Email Denis or Tel:57015

Twitter: @denchambers

Gillian Fielding
Role – Digital Skills Manager
Key responsibilities - manages the HRD Digital Skills Team.  

 

Email Gillian or Tel:52451

Twitter: @g_fielding

Amina Helal
Role – Digital Skills Coordinator
Key responsibilities - delivers a wide variety of the training particularly around databases, mobile technology and learning technologies. Digital Skills contact for CHSC.

Email Amina  or Tel:56473 

Twitter: @aminahelal

Sarah Ricketts
Role – Information Systems Officer
Key responsibilities - responsible for supporting all employee facing digital literacy training and development; experience of resolving Blackboard staff related queries, the use of Blackboard Collaborate and interactive demonstration tools.

Email Sarah or Tel:56390 

Joe Telles
Role – Digital Skills Coordinator
Key responsibilities -responsible for supporting all employee facing digital literacy training and development; experience of resolving Blackboard staff related queries, the use of Blackboard Collaborate and interactive demonstration tools. Digital Skills contact for CST.

Email Joe or Tel:55724 

Pete Unsworth
Role – e-Learning Officer
Key responsibilities -for supporting all employee facing digital literacy training and development; experience of resolving Blackboard staff related queries, the use of Blackboard Collaborate and interactive demonstration tools.

Email Pete or Tel:54975