Professor/Associate Dean (Research)

Job Description: 

Main duties and responsibilities

De Montfort University are looking to appoint a new Professor (0.5FTE)/Associate Dean - Research (0.5FTE) in the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences. DMU is an ambitious, globally-minded institution with a relentless focus on delivering high-quality teaching and learning, and research and innovation with a campus-wide focus on providing a sector-leading student experience.

Faculty

Home to four specialist schools, the Faculty educates nearly 7,000 students, preparing highly skilled professionals who make a positive impact on health, wellbeing, communities and society. Its professionally accredited programmes reflect the latest sector developments and focus on employer-valued skills. The Faculty also contributes to DMU's strong research reputation, with over 60% of the University's research rated internationally recognised in the latest REF, including submissions to UoAs 3, 4 and 20.

The Role

We are seeking an individual to work for a 0.5FTE fraction as ADR with the remaining 0.5FTE as Professor of Health Sciences. Reporting to the PVC & Dean, the Associate Dean-Research will play a pivotal role in providing effective strategic leadership and management of research across the faculty. Working hand-in-hand with the Associate Dean-Enterprise you will be responsible for the faculty strategic plan, portfolio management and implementation of key initiatives for the delivery of high-quality research, consultancy and postgraduate research student activities. As a member of the Faculty Leadership Team, you will also work strategically and collaboratively with other senior leaders including the Dean, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Planning, Research and Innovation), the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellors and Research and Innovation Institute Directors to drive performance and achievement of our strategy and vision.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be an experienced professor and academic leader with leadership and management experience of research and innovation activities at School or Faculty level in Higher Education or other equivalent organisation. With a well-developed research profile, you will bring your own experience of sizeable income generation through grant bids and/or KTPs or consultancy as principal investigator or project lead, commensurate with your area of health sciences expertise. Demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the current approaches, initiatives and trends in research and innovation applicable to the higher education sector, you will understand what it takes to develop and sustain a high-quality research and innovation environment. You will be an able people leader with skills in successful change management, able to reach and influence a range of stakeholders from faculty and university to external businesses and organisations.

You should hold a professorship, ideally in a discipline aligned to the faculty focus area of health sciences in one or more of the following areas: Community health and social care, Population health and health inequalities, Prevention, rehabilitation, and wellbeing, Integrated and person-centred care, Social impact and knowledge exchange, Service innovation and transformation or Evaluation and implementation research.

The salary range for those applicants meeting our professorial criteria is £76,240 to £129,119 (depending on the professorial standing of the applicant), and an annual allowance of £3,000 (based on 0.5FTE) as an uplift to the ADR position.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 16th September.

To view the candidate pack, please click here

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