Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

With a legacy of pioneering research, transformative teaching & real-world impact, the University of Surrey has consistently produced graduates and discoveries that change practice and change lives. Ambitious, growing and increasingly influential on the global stage, we are driving forward the bold ambitions of the University’s Vision 2041 with a continuing positive impact on society and the planet.

Central to our ambitions is the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, home to 650 staff and 5,500 students across five Schools: Biosciences, Health Sciences, Medicine, Psychology and Veterinary Medicine. Building on our unique diversity in health professions and sciences, our aim is to develop an integrated research workforce with a core ethos of team science to drive substantial growth in our research activity and impact. 

The Faculty delivers high quality research, learning & teaching, supported by excellent facilities and technical expertise.

The Opportunity

We are now seeking an exceptional research leader to take up the role of Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. This senior leadership appointment will shape and have overarching responsibility for the strategic direction of research and innovation across the entire Faculty. A central priority will be to lead the refresh and delivery of the Faculty’s Research and Innovation Strategy, ensuring alignment with the University’s Vision 2041, the developing pan-University Institute for Future Health, and future REF ambitions.

As a key member of the Faculty Executive Team, you will lead a research and innovation mission built around delivering measurable improvements in human and animal health, and dependent on breaking down the boundaries between disciplines, and between knowledge and its application. From infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance to cardiometabolic health, healthy ageing & the future of clinical care, in this role you will have the platform, the ambition and the institutional backing to ensure our research is bold, internationally competitive and genuinely transformative.

The successful postholder will be an established professorial academic with a sustained record of research excellence, significant income generation & demonstrable external impact in a discipline relevant to the Faculty. An inclusive and collaborative leader, you will be able to set a compelling strategic direction, lead through influence, use evidence and data to drive performance, quality and impact, & build partnerships with relevant external organisations including funders and healthcare providers.

Why Surrey

You will be joining a diverse, welcoming & genuinely collaborative community, at a university with the ambition of a rising global player. This is an opportunity to take up a role of real strategic significance, to lead, build, & to define the future of health research at an exciting moment for the University.

This is a permanent Professorial level academic appointment, with the ADR&I role responsibility held for an initial period of five years with potential for a further extension. Following completion of the ADR&I tenure the post holder will return to a standard academic portfolio, although further leadership roles will offer opportunities for continued career progression. We welcome applications from all academic areas represented within the Faculty, & the ADR&I role attracts a pensionable responsibility allowance.

How to Apply

Global executive search firm Perrett Laver have been appointed to support the University of Surrey in this appointment.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further or have any questions about the role, including requesting documentation in an alternative format, please contact Devin Dattan at Devin.Dattan@perrettlaver.com

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