Deputy Vice-Principal (Education)

About the Role

The Deputy Vice Principal (DVP) Education will be a senior, educational leader at Queen Mary. They will play a core leadership role in the delivery of this plan at Queen Mary. The postholder will act as a credible deputy for the Vice-Principal (Education). This will include working independently to set the vision of their area of delivery, taking ownership of university wide projects, and working to coach and mentor colleagues to deliver effectively in a distributed leadership environment. This role will sit as a senior member on the Education and Student Experience Leadership Team (ESELT).

About You

The postholder will provide strategic oversight of Queen Mary’s educational quality and standards.

This role will report to the Vice-Principal (Education) and regularly interact with academic and professional services leadership as part of the Education Senior Executive Leadership Team. A track record in educational leadership and scholarship is expected for this role, as well as a focus on continuous professional development, and the professional development of colleagues. Credibility amongst senior educational and professional services colleagues will be paramount, as well as an ability to work in a collegial fashion. 

About the Department

The Office of the Principal is at the heart of Queen Mary. The Office of the Principal is home to the Principal, Vice-Principals, Executive Officers and Executive Assistants. The Office is the focal point of interactions with key external and internal stakeholders and is central to strategic leadership for the institution. The professionalism and effectiveness of the Office is of the utmost importance.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.