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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations) provides strategic leadership, planning and management across the University’s operational functions.

The Operations Group of divisions provide the services, infrastructure and organisational support that enable the University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka to operate effectively and deliver an outstanding experience for its students, staff and wider community.  Led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations), the Group brings together a broad range of operational functions spanning property and campus development; digital services; health, safety and wellbeing; risk, assurance and compliance; administration; sustainability; transformation and improvement; and enterprise management.

Working across the University, the Operations Group supports the environments, services and systems that underpin the University’s academic, research and community activities. Its work ranges from supporting campus life and developing the University’s physical assets, through to providing digital services, supporting organisational assurance and wellbeing, advancing sustainability, and enabling transformation and improvement. Together, these functions help provide the operation foundations that allow the University and its people to thrive.

Contacts for staff

Staff are welcome to contact the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations) by email.
Email dvc.operations@otago.ac.nz

Meet our team

Find out about the Operations Staff Excellence Award

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