Associate Dean, Student Experience

We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.

About the role

The Faculty is seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the position of Associate Dean, Student Experience. The Associate Dean is central to the effective leadership and management of the Faculty. As a member of the Faculty Executive the post-holder will have shared responsibility for developing and leading the Faculty to ensure its long-term development, growth and sustainability. Providing visionary leadership, the post-holder will assist in the further development of a culture of high performance and will provide leadership, vision and direction to staff within the Faculty.

The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership for the advancement of innovative, high-quality and effective teaching and learning across the Faculty, ensuring positive student outcomes and the delivery of an excellent student experience. The post holder will lead the development of the Faculty’s education portfolio ensuring it is current, fit for purpose and is responsive to external drivers.

The post holder will be responsible for the continuous development and promotion of a culture of academic excellence within the Faculty. He/she will work with colleagues to ensure that strategies, quality processes and policies are developed, supported, and implemented to meet the requirements of the University and external regulatory bodies. The successful candidate will be expected to develop mutually beneficial and effective partnerships, productive collaborations and influential relationships with students, alumni, and with external stakeholders and regulatory bodies to inform academic planning.

About you

As Associate Dean, Student Experience, you will be an experienced and successful academic with significant experience in the development, delivery and quality assurance of innovative academic programmes which respond to workforce needs and the external health and social care landscape, support excellent student outcomes and deliver and excellent student experience.

You will be an experienced and compassionate leader with experience of external engagement. Your clear demonstrable understanding of current strategic issues in higher education as they impact on teaching and learning, the student experience, quality, and standards, brings a thorough understanding of Quality assurance and enhancement processes at all levels.

You will have experience of support for the enhancement of learning and teaching and the ability to lead by example and have a strong academic profile of scholarship and relevant experience. The title of Professor may be offered to an appropriately qualified candidate who meets the requirements of the role at Edge Hill University.

If successful, you will be flexible and positive, with an excellent ability to lead and motivate others with an inclusive, engaging team building ethos and focus.

In your application, please also upload a copy of your CV.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Professor Clare Austin, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine at Austincl@edgehill.ac.uk

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & benefits

• A minimum of 48 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
• Access to a range of CPD to support your career development, with three defined pathways for progression.
• Free foreign language evening classes.
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and as health & wellbeing resources.
• Automatic enrolment into the Teacher’s Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 23.68%
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.

About us

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before. 

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world. 

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.