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Job Opportunity: Deputy Dean of School:Job description:Job location: Hatfield
FTE: 1.0FTE (working 37 hours per week) income: AM3, £76,864 to £82,080 per annum depending on skills and practice Annual Leave: 30 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year Job location: De Havilland Campus, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire Four-year tenured appointment as Deputy Dean of School The prosperous candidate will be appointed as Deputy Dean of School on a four-year renewable basis, subject to executeance. There is no guarantee that this appointment will be extended or renewed beyond the four-year period and if it is not, the post holder will revert to a function commensurate with current responsibilities and pay. Main tasks and responsibilities You will contribute to the Schools of Law and Education by providing excellent leadership abilities as Deputy Dean of the strategic business unit. The new function of Deputy Dean of the Schools of Law and Education supports the Dean in providing academic leadership abilities and management. Key areas of responsibility include the development of school plans to achieve the highest standards of learning and teaching, research, expertise transfer, scholarship and student practice across the full range of disciplinary areas. You will have executive oversight responsibility for particular functions of the school's work including primary responsibility for leading the operationalisation of the school's strategic plans. You will lead our practiced Heads of Department and work closely with the Dean and Associate Deans (Learning and Teaching, Academic Quality, Enterprise); you will also build your practice working collaboratively across the University on various committees and projects. Skills and practice required We are pursuing an outstanding person with proven senior level management and leadership abilities skills with a proven capability to prosperously motivate a multi-disciplinary team to consistently achieve substantial positive change. You must have expertise and skills within one of the school's discipline areas and a comprehensive expertise of UK Higher Education regulation. You will have excellent written and oral communication skills, allied to an capability to influence and harness the talent of others by building prosperous working relationships within the school, across the University and with external organisations. You will be highly competent in analysing multiple sources of data to achieve evidence informed decision making that will combine with excellent organisation and planning skills to underpin the implementation of effective strategies for school success. Working within the School's Senior leadership abilities Team you will have practice of financial and resource management to support the delivery of strategic objectives; and be capable of upholding the University's values of friendly, ambitious, collegiate, enterprising and student focused. Qualifications required For this function you must hold an undergraduate degree in a significant subject to the school's disciplinary areas. A Doctorate in a significant subject, or substantial industrial or academic practice is desirable. We encourage all senior leaders to commit to Principal Fellowship of Advance HE within 2 years of being in post with Senior Fellowship on appointment being desirable. Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the tasks and essential criteria. Contact Details/Informal information: Professor Penny Carey, Dean of Schools of Law and Education, p.carey@herts.ac.uk Closing Date : 16 May 2024 Interview Date: TBC Apply online via the above ?Apply' button. Skills:
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