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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 Oxford - Department of Psychiatry
Placed on: 14/10/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £42,794 per annum
Closes 11 Nov
University of Cambridge - Cambridge Zero
Placed on: 14/10/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £46,049
Closes 15 Nov
SOAS University of London - College of Social Sciences
Placed on: 13/10/2026 Salary: A competitive salary will be on offer to the successful candidate
Closes 09 Nov
University of Wolverhampton - Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences
Placed on: 13/10/2026 Salary: £61,165 to £70,878 pa
Closes 09 Nov
University College Cork - Business School
Placed on: 12/10/2026 Salary: £37,425.58 to £61,170.14 per annum
Closes 10 Nov
Kingston University - Department of Pharmacy
Placed on: 12/10/2026 Salary: £45,925 to £60,492 per annum
Closes 09 Nov
Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Department of Economics / International Business School Suzhou (IBSS)
Placed on: 12/10/2026 Salary: Competitive
Expires 11 Dec
University of Oxford - AAD - Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach
Placed on: 12/10/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £47,779 per annum. Grade 7
Closes 11 Nov
Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Academy of Life and Natural Sciences
Placed on: 10/10/2026 Salary: Open
Expires 09 Dec
University of Galway - Mayo Medical Academy / School of Medicine
Placed on: 09/10/2026 Salary: £61,125.78 to £89,257.60 Clinical Tutor 1 - 2 / pro rata
Closes 06 Nov
University College Cork - School of Applied Psychology
Placed on: 09/10/2026 Salary: Appointment may be made on the Lecturer (Below the Bar) Salary Scale: €43,028 - €73,909 (Scale B) / €45,116 - €70,327 (Scale A).
Closes 17 Nov
Cardiff University - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Placed on: 09/10/2026 Salary: £41,064 to £46,049 per annum (Grade 6)
Closes 06 Nov
The University of Manchester - Science and Engineering - Department of Mathematics - School of Natural Sciences
Placed on: 08/10/2026 Salary: £47,389 to £58,225 per annum depending on experience
Closes 26 Nov
University of Cambridge - Education & Student Outcomes
Placed on: 08/10/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £46,049
Closes 13 Nov
University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry
Placed on: 08/10/2026 Salary: £39,424 to £47,779 per annum. Grade 7
Closes 04 Nov
University of Cambridge - Student Support
Placed on: 06/10/2026 Salary: £35,608 to £46,049 per annum, pro rata
Closes 09 Nov
The University of Hong Kong - Department of Architecture
Placed on: 06/10/2026 Salary: Highly competitive
Closes 13 Dec
University of Cambridge - Student Admissions & Access
Placed on: 06/10/2026 Salary: £31,236 to £35,608 per annum
Closes 08 Nov
University of Oxford - Brasenose College
Placed on: 05/10/2026 Salary: £23,737 to £24,520 p.a.
Expires 04 Dec
Royal Holloway, University of London - RH Law School
Placed on: 02/10/2026 Salary: £74,753 to £96,378 per annum (including London Allowance)
Closes 23 Nov
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: Competitive
Closes 05 Nov
University of Oxford - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in association with The Queen’s College
Placed on: 29/09/2026 Salary: £58,265 to £77,645 per annum, Combined University and College salary. Grade 10a. increasing each year to the top of the scale, plus a college housing allowance of £21,413 per annum and other benefits.
Closes 20 Nov
Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University - Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
Placed on: 27/09/2026 Salary: Competitive
Expires 26 Nov
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 of Nottingham Ningbo China - School of Mathematical Sciences
Placed on: 26/09/2026 Salary: Competitive salary package
Closes 26 Feb
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