Deputy Vice-Chancellor

This senior executive role, reporting directly to the Vice-Chancellor, is crucial in leading the university’s strategic direction. This position focuses on achieving academic excellence, operational efficiency, and the university’s strategic goals. As Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC), you will drive the academic strategy, uphold high academic standards, and ensure institutional success and financial sustainability. You will enhance the student experience and boost student achievement through effective leadership and a deep understanding of university and sector trends.

As a key member of the University’s Executive Board, you will oversee academic performance, planning, and innovation, fostering an inclusive and innovative educational environment and integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion into the university culture. You will provide leadership for academic staff development, manage the academic portfolio, and ensure alignment with financial plans and strategic objectives. Representing the university locally, nationally, and internationally, the DVC will promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and sustainability.

We seek a leader who will combine proven strategic, organisational and transformational leadership experience with the ability to lead and champion the academic experience of our students. Our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor will ensure that our university is well placed to seize the opportunities and ongoing changes that the education sector and political environment continue to present whilst shaping and executing the academic strategy, ensuring the highest academic standards, and achieving the university’s strategic objectives through effective academic leadership and structures. This role is integral to driving both institutional success and financial sustainability.

About Us

At Derby, we have worked to build a powerful, regional university that addresses the needs of our students, the region and beyond. Recognised by the Times Higher Education as one of the top 250 young universities in the world, our reputation for delivering excellence in research, knowledge exchange and teaching continues to grow.

Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield, and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities over the last 10 years.

We have the same ambitions for our people, and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

Choose a career at the University of Derby, and you'll be part of an energetic, innovative team dedicated to inspiring learners and making a positive impact in the East Midlands region.

Benefits

• Competitive pay structure
• Generous annual leave entitlement of 42 days
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Suite of holistic wellbeing benefits and support, including family-friendly policies, generous sick pay provision and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to a variety of staff discounts at high street retailers
• Discounted onsite gym
• Discounted access to Devonshire Spa
• Access to employer-funded private health insurance
• Holiday trading
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A flexible working environment
• A commitment to personal and professional development

For more information and to apply, please click the “Apply” button.

Closing date: Wednesday, 28 August 2024.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.