Cover letter to NU Head of HR Management Position

Nazarbayev University (NU) is a young and rapidly developing high education institution with a strong focus on research and teaching excellence. Located in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan in the heart of Eurasia, NU strives to become a world-class research university highly committed to students, staff, and community. NU has finished its start-up phase and is entering its second decade. Driven by heightened competition and increasing disruption, we recognize the significance of the accelerating pace of strategic change. Global trends alter us to review and redesign our structures and processes to enhance our performance. To successfully overcome the 21st century challenges for universities, the President of NU has recently launched an ambitious organizational transformation initiative grounded on several pillars: (1) Embracing talent throughout the campus and beyond; (2) Educating and embracing creativity, entrepreneurship, risk-taking, adaptability, and accountability; (3) Building an outcome-oriented and client-centric approach to enhance teaching, research, service, and practice; (4) Increasing emphasis on life-long learning or learning-for-life; and (5) Moving from mere admin and academic functions to partnership.
We acknowledge and appreciate the critical role of HR leadership in pursuing our ambitious goals. We are looking for a highly motivated and aspired HR professional who can lead through our transformation initiative.

The Head of HR Management will support the University’s strategy, attract, develop, and retain the best talent and inspire the culture of excellence and life-long learning. We expect the person to serve as a strategic advisor to the senior management team on all HR matters and oversee all strategic and operational aspects of the HR function.  

We are looking for an energetic and multitasking person with outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills, the experience of working at a leadership position in an international and academic environment. Please apply, and we look forward to welcoming you to our young international university family!