Zoe Townsend

The Head of Administration and Finance (HAF) is the senior administrative officer in the History Faculty. The HAF is responsible for the effective and efficient day to day non-academic management and administration of the History Faculty. Working with the Faculty Board Chair and other senior academic staff, the HAF plays a key role in the Faculty’s strategic and operational planning, designing and implementing Faculty policies and procedures, and ensuring that the Faculty meets Divisional and University requirements. Duties are wide-ranging and include the personnel management of the admin team as a whole, financial management, and administration of research support activities, as well as oversight of academic and student administration and premises management.