Explore the structure of the University and see where departments sit within Schools and Professional Services.
How the University is structured
The University is made up of several Schools and Professional Services divisions:
Professional Services
Professional Services support our schools, departments and students with services including communications, finance human resources, IT, and student experience.
View the Professional Services organisational structure below, select it to view full-screen in the same window or open our organisational chart full-screen in a new browser tab.
- Professional Services organisational structure – text version
Chief Operating Officer – Tim Westlake
Chief of Staff – Dean Machin
- Vice Chancellor’s Office
Estates, Facilities and Campus Services – Robert Hutton
- Sussex Sport
- Security
- Grounds Services
- Space Management
- Facilities Management
- Housing Services
- Projects
- Help/Service Desk
- Maintenance
- Car Parking
- Catering
Student Experience – Jayne Aldridge
- Academic Quality and Partnerships
- Educational Enhancement
- Student Administration
- Student Data and Records
- Student Experiential Services
- Careers and Entrepreneurship
- Student Advice and Guidance
- Student Complaints, Conduct and Funding
- Student Engagement and Enhancement
- Wellbeing, Therapeutic and Residential Life Services
- Student Systems and Projects
Communications, Marketing and Advancement – Marcus Williams
- Digital Development
- Digital Content
- Media Relations
- Marketing
- Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
- Public Affairs
- Development and Alumni Relations
- Graduation and Events
- Campaigns
- Creative
- Admissions
- Internal Communications
- International Office
- UK Student Recruitment and Widening Participation
- Global Engagement
IT & Sussex Projects – Jason Oliver
IT Services
- Digital Engagement
- Strategy and Architecture
- Operational Services
- Infrastructure Services
Sussex Projects
- Portfolio Management Office
- Project Delivery
General Counsel, Governance and Compliance – Laila El Baradei
- Governance Services
- General Counsel Legal Advisors
- Information Management and Compliance
- Risk and Business Continuity Management
- Prevent Compliance
- Office for Students (OfS) Compliance
Finance – Allan Spencer
- Finance Service Desk
- Strategic and Commercial Projects
- Finance Systems
- Management Accounting
- Corporate Accounting
- Procurement and Supply Chain Management
- Finance Admin and Projects
- Finance Business Partners
- Billing and Income
Human Resources – Colin Shipp
- HR Business Services
- Payroll
- Pensions
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
- Organisational Development
- Rewards and Benefits
- International HR
- Occupational Health
- Health and Safety
Research and Enterprise – Vanessa Cuthill
- Research Development
- Sussex Research Initiatives
- Research Contracts
- Research Finance
- Research Quality and Impact
- Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance
- Joint Clinical Research Office (JCRO)
- Research Information Systems
- Innovation and Business Partnerships
- Research Staff Office
- Doctoral School
University Librarian – Jane Harvell
- Research and Open Scholarship
- Collections
- Student Experience
- Content Delivery
- Operations
- Digital Development
University Operations and Strategic Planning – Kay Jones
- Schools Professional Services Team
- Planning
- Technical Staff
Schools
View a list of school contact details for staff.
You can also view a schools list on the Sussex public-facing website, which contains links to other external pages.
Other organisations we work with
We also have relationships with: