Associate Dean for Research

Job reference: MYUC

NBS is Nottingham Trent University’s largest school and faculty, and one of Europe’s leading and largest business schools with over 8,000 students and an income of c. £80m, NBS is well known as a business school for business as we exist to deliver research and education that combines academic excellence with a positive impact on people, business and society.  The school is one of world’s leading business schools and one of UK’s largest accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, SBC, EFMD BA accreditation as well as being a PRME champion. 

At NBS, we have been investing to further develop our research. Our research strives to combine originality, rigour and positive impact and for the last 15 years has been developing its research environment, strength, depth, and breadth. Our approach and philosophy is about overlapping research, teaching and collaboration with business, public organisations and not-for-profits. This intersection has proved to be a highly fertile ground for new ideas and innovations with a direct route to impact. Now with nine research centres, we are also one of UK’s most vibrant research environments in business, management and economics.

We now wish to appoint a research leader who can help propel us to the next stage and for us to be amongst UK’s leading providers of high impact business and economic research for ideas that improve business and society. As Associate Dean for Research, you will be expected to provide strategic and operational leadership support to the Executive Dean of School on the development, implementation and monitoring of the School Research and Innovation Strategy and Plan, and the enhancement of the world class quality research environment, income, output and impact. You will be an active and engaged member of the school’s leadership team, working closely with colleagues within the school and across the University.

Potential candidates will be proven research leaders with the skills and experience to deliver growth and success. They will bring a strong personal track record in research, alongside the leadership capability to work strategically across the school. Whatever their disciplinary background, candidates will be able to point to a demonstrable history of developing outstanding research environments and successful outcomes in supporting research.  

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Nottingham Trent University on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference MYUC. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours).

Candidate Pack: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/fp/CVG003.pdf

Applications should be received by noon on 15 December 2022.