Deputy Dean (Education)

Job Title: Deputy Dean (Education)

Location: Writtle/Chelmsford/Cambridge

Salary: Competitive

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Closing Date: Saturday 16th November 2024.

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

The Role:

The Faculty of Science and Engineering combines a strong research culture with excellence in learning and teaching. Our Faculty is the largest in ARU with over 8,500 students studying worldwide. The Faculty comprises 530 staff and employer co-designed curricula across science, land-based and engineering disciplines.

Our interconnected campuses drive world-class interdisciplinary education and research, with digital innovation and sustainability at their core.

The Faculty is in receipt of an Athena SWAN Silver Award for its commitment to gender equality in STEMM education and research. We are proud of our ongoing work to support an inclusive culture in the Faculty.

The Faculty is formed of five Schools:

• School of Engineering & The Built Environment
• School of Computing & Information Science
• School of Life Sciences
• School of Psychology & Sports Science
• Writtle School of Agriculture, Animal and Environmental Sciences

In addition to the Schools, our Faculty also houses the Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences and the Global Sustainability Research Institute.

As a member of our Faculty Executive team, the Deputy Dean will also contribute to Faculty-wide and University-level planning and development.

We are seeking a Deputy Dean (Education) to provide collaborative leadership in the areas of student experience and student outcomes, portfolio diversification (including apprenticeships and distance learning), and innovation in education. We are searching for an exceptional individual with a proven track record Senior leadership in HE including line management of staff, as well as academic planning and quality assurance experience. The ideal candidate will have a relevant Honours degree/professional qualification relevant to the faculty, PhD or Professional Doctorate, a Senior Fellowship of the HEA.

Benefits:

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

Extra Information:

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Please click on the APPLY button where you will be redirected to our website where you can find out more about this opportunity.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Dean, Head of University, University Head, Uni Head, University Lead, Education Manager, Education Dean, Campus Dean, may also be considered for this role.