Clinical Senior Lecturer/Professor in Dental Education - Dental Specialities and BDS Programme Director

Job reference: BMH-030618
Salary: To Be Discussed At Interview
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Division of Dentistry
Hours Per Week: Full Time
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/02/2026
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences

About the role:

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced individual to lead and oversee the BDS Programme. This will include chairing meetings, curriculum, programme and assessment delivery, attendance at University meetings and external meetings as needed in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Medicine and Dentistry (DUMD).

Work with the DUMD and the wider programme team to develop and refine content and delivery of our BDS and BSc programmes, ensuring that they remain dynamic, relevant, and responsive to the evolving needs of dental education, while also meeting the requirements of our programme specification and GDC regulations.

Support the team to maintain a student-centric focus aimed at championing student success by providing dedicated support, responding to feedback, and fostering an inclusive learning environment where every student can thrive.

The successful candidate will be managerially and academically responsible to the University of Manchester, and specifically to the Head of the Division of Dentistry and the Director of Medical and Dental Studies.

What you will get in return:

• A fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer, we actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. We also support applications from those returning from a career break, and offer flexible working and carers peer support networks.   All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here.

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Contact information (for enquiries on vacancy, shortlisting and interviews):

• Professor Allan Pacey (Interim Head of Division)

allan.pacey@manchester.ac.uk 

• Professor Julian Yates (Deputy Head of Division)

julian.yates@manchester.ac.uk 

• Professor Reza Roudsari (Current Programme Director)

reza@manchester.ac.uk 

• Professor Margaret Kingston (Director of Undergraduate Medicine and Dentistry)

Margaret.kingston@manchester.ac.uk 

General enquiries:

Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk 

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home 

Please quote reference BMH-030618

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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