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Looking to take the next step in your academic career? Head of department roles give you the opportunity to lead a team, shape your department’s direction and make a difference to staff and students.

As a head of department, you could be responsible for setting academic priorities, managing budgets and resources, supporting staff development and maintaining high standards of teaching, research and student experience. The role combines academic leadership with practical management, so strong communication, organisation and decision-making skills are important.

Head of department positions can also provide a route into wider university leadership, with some professionals progressing to roles such as dean, director or pro vice-chancellor.

Browse the latest head of department vacancies on jobs.ac.uk and find opportunities across universities and higher education institutions. Set up a job alert to hear about new roles, or scroll down to explore current vacancies.

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University of Nottingham Ningbo China - School of Mathematical Sciences
Placed on: 26/09/2026 Salary: Competitive salary package
Closes 26 Feb
Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics - School of Mathematics and Physics
Placed on: 26/09/2026 Salary: Not specified.
Expires 25 Nov
University College Cork - Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy - School of Clinical Therapies - College of Medicine and Health
Placed on: 25/09/2026 Salary: €85,597 - €121,283 (Scale B)/€82,662 - €115,218 (Scale A)
Closes 03 Nov
The National Archives
Placed on: 24/09/2026 Salary: £34,882 per annum
Closes 12 Oct
Study Group - Leeds International Study Centre (On-site)
Placed on: 24/09/2026 Salary: up to £42,335.99 per annum
Closes 24 Oct
Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - School of Mathematics and Physics
Placed on: 24/09/2026 Salary: Competitive
Expires 23 Nov
Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Placed on: 24/09/2026 Salary: Competitive
Closes 30 Nov
University of Reading - School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
Placed on: 24/09/2026 Salary: £21,805
Closes 04 Dec
University of Bath - Life Sciences
Placed on: 24/09/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £61,759 Grade 8*, pro rata per annum
Closes 12 Oct
Aberystwyth University - Global Marketing and Student Recruitment
Placed on: 23/09/2026 Salary: £27,319.19 to £38,784.49 per annum. Grade 5/6
Closes 18 Oct
David Game Higher Education (DGHE)
Placed on: 23/09/2026 Salary: £31,000 to £33,500 FTE p.a. dependent on experience
Closes 23 Oct
University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry
Placed on: 23/09/2026 Salary: £35,681 to £39,424 per annum pro rata: Grade 6
Closes 20 Oct
Aberystwyth University - Global Marketing and Student Recruitment
Placed on: 22/09/2026 Salary: £33,001.64 to £38,784.49 per annum
Closes 18 Oct
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
Placed on: 22/09/2026 Salary: £35,681 to £41,636 (with a discretionary range to £45,212) per annum: Grade 6
Closes 12 Oct
University of Bradford - Faculty of Management, Sciences and Engineering - School of Law and Social Sciences
Placed on: 22/09/2026 Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 per annum (pro-rata)
Closes 13 Oct
University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry
Placed on: 22/09/2026 Salary: £32,108 to £37,338 per annum pro rata part time
Closes 19 Oct
Liverpool John Moores University
Placed on: 22/09/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £58,225 pro rata per annum
Closes 14 Oct
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Academic Development & Standards, Examinations, Education and Faculties
Placed on: 21/09/2026 Salary: £35,690 per annum. Grade 5
Closes 19 Oct
University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry
Placed on: 21/09/2026 Salary: £40,190 to £45,994
Closes 16 Oct
Teesside University - School of Health & Life Sciences
Placed on: 21/09/2026 Salary: £38,784 to £42,254 per annum
Closes 19 Oct
Nottingham Trent University - Department of Computer Science
Placed on: 17/09/2026 Salary: HE Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (£39,984 - £58,624 pa pro rata)
Closes 15 Oct
King's College London - Bioscience Education
Placed on: 17/09/2026 Salary: £45,031 to £52,514 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance
Closes 18 Oct
University of Oxford - Mathematical Institute
Placed on: 17/09/2026 Salary: £43,984 to £47,779 per annum
Closes 19 Oct
University of York - Department of Chemistry
Placed on: 16/09/2026 Salary: £58,225 to £67,468 per year.
Closes 12 Oct
University of Leeds - Faculty of Medicine & Health - School of Dentistry - Division of Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine
Placed on: 16/09/2026 Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 per annum - (New Consultant Scale)
Closes 14 Oct
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