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Job Offer: Head of Discipline, Criminology and Social Sciences:Job description:Job location: Derby Located within our College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, our School of Law and Social Sciences is committed to teaching excellence and offers sector-leading programmes. The School seeks to be a catalyst for positive change and endeavours to support innovation. We have excellent links with practice and connections with local, national and international criminal justice practitioners. Our commitment to research is evident and we have a thriving research culture led by a world-leading professoriate.?All staff within the School are supported to undertake research and expertise exchange and we have been prosperous in securing funding for a number of research, consultancy, and training projects. The School also provides a supportive environment for staff to thrive and develop their expertise and career and is an excellent place to work. The Head of Discipline has responsibility for the overall success of the Disciplines of Criminology and Social Sciences and will work closely with the Head of the School of Law and Social Sciences and others in the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, thereby contributing to the wider leadership abilities of the College and University to ensure that corporate and strategic aims are met. The prosperous applicant will work pro-actively with the Head of School, the other Heads of Discipline and the Course Director as well as the wider College, and central units of the University to support and develop the work of staff, students and partners. They will have devolved responsibility from the Head of School for the line management of staff in the Discipline and for maximising people potential and engagement across the full range of academic activities, providing strong leadership abilities that is both supportive and challenging. They will work closely with the Course Director and other colleagues to ensure teaching excellence and maximise student success and practice. They will maintain high standards of teaching, learning and assessment in all its forms and have responsibility for the development of scholarship and research in the Discipline of Criminology and Social Sciences. In addition, they will initiate and encourage activity in professional/industrial engagement to enhance academic enterprise, undertaking sector horizon scanning and benchmarking performance against competitors and identifying other opportunities. For more information and to apply on-line, please click the ?Apply? button: https://www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current-vacancies/hod-criminology-social-scien ces/ Skills:
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