Dean and Head of Bristol Business School

People, purpose and place sit at the heart of UWE Bristol’s Strategy 2030. We are an institution always striving to improve – from extending our impact through strategic collaborations and interdisciplinary partnerships, to refining structures, systems, processes and governance to be faster, more agile and more effective.

Bristol Business School is part of the University’s College of Business and Law. Housed in a £55 million building completed in 2017, the College combines a commitment to outstanding teaching and research with a real-world focus on collaboration with business, the professions and the community. It is proud to be at the forefront of the disciplines in which it specialises and is determined that its work promotes ethical practices and has a genuine, lasting impact on the world, as well as equipping all its students for confident and successful futures. Fundamental to the College’s future success will be close collaboration with other Colleges to deliver relevant teaching and research programmes.

Reporting to the newly appointed PVC & Head of College, Professor Yvonne Beach, you will be responsible for a recently created School, combining management and business with accounting, finance and marketing. The new School will leverage interdisciplinary teaching and research opportunities and reinforce our commitment to societal impact, widening participation, regional impact and global reach.

A member of the College Executive Team, you will lead a School comprising of over 6,500 students and 220 academic staff.  The Dean and Head of School is a key leadership and management role, shaping strategy for the new School and ensuring its success. Priorities include: embedding a collaborative culture, reflecting the wider goals of the College; maintaining growth in teaching and research activities with a focus on quality; and developing the School’s profile regionally, nationally and internationally.

You must be enterprising, innovative, inclusive, ambitious and collaborative. You will be able to evidence achievement as an empowering, engaging and values-led leader with emotional intelligence and a commitment to interdisciplinarity. Demonstrable success leading change is important, as is an appetite to develop relationships on behalf of the School with external stakeholders. 

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

The closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on Sunday 21 May 2023.

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