University of Greenwich Hiring for Education Job at Hill, England Full Time

Deputy Head of School of Education

School of Education

Location: Avery Hill Campus

Salary: £51,799 to £60,022 plus £3762 London weighting

Contract Type: 3-year fixed term managerial role as Deputy Head of School

With a brand-new University of Greenwich #Strategy 2021-2030 focusing on Student Success; Inclusivity and Culture; Global Research & Knowledge Exchange Impact, and Connected and Sustainable Campuses, we are excited that the School of Education is expanding to the future.

The School of Education is a part of the highly impactful Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich.

Home to the Schools of Human Sciences, Health Sciences and Education, the Faculty has a strong focus on professional and workforce development, with long-established and extensive partnerships across a wide range of professional sectors. From social work to psychology, midwifery to mental health and early years to higher education, we are committed to delivering an academically challenging experience that provides a sound foundation for practice. That focus is backed by a research culture which addresses real-world issues and identifies interventions that will have a positive impact on peoples’ lives.

Cross-professional collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and the Institute for Lifecourse Development brings all of our professions and disciplines together under one umbrella, to address the challenges people face at different points in their lives.

By harnessing those effective links between professionals, the Institute enables students, staff and partners to address societal problems though learning, research and practice.

Embedded in the community but with a clear global outlook, the Faculty offers a welcoming and supportive environment to students from a wide range of backgrounds, and at various stages of academic and professional development. We aim to transform the lives of our students by providing an education that enables them to become creative and confident contributors to society, along with the skills and knowledge needed to make a real difference to local and global communities.

Reporting to the Head of the School of Education, you will support the head in providing strategic and operational leadership for your school, covering many disciplines. You will provide strong academic leadership and vision for your School driven by a commitment to Teaching and Student Experience, Research and Knowledge Exchange.

The holder of this role will provide strategic and operational leadership for the School that covers a wide range of educational disciplines. They will act as an advocate for change, setting and meeting targets, adapting to challenges and influencing staff in the School to deliver its strategic priorities.

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership and set standards of excellence.

Successful candidates will act as an advocate for change and will have experience at the senior manager level within education or industry-based organisation of comparable size and complexity. The successful candidate must also have a PhD degree or equivalent professional practice in a relevant subject.

The role of Deputy Head of School is for an initial period of three years. The role holder’s period of office may be extended beyond this initial three-year period subject to outstanding performance and review.

Should you have any queries, don’t hesitate to contact the Head of the School, Iain Kitchener, [email protected] or HR on [email protected]

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.