Associate Dean (Education)

Are you an experienced academic leader with a proven record in education and the drive to shape the future of management education? We are seeking a Chair and Associate Dean (Education) to lead education at Sheffield University Management School, bringing colleagues together around an ambitious vision, supporting their development and establishing the programmes and systems needed to turn that vision into practice.

Joining a research-intensive, triple-crown accredited business school (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA), you will draw on your educational leadership to advance contemporary programmes and innovative teaching while ensuring a consistently excellent student experience. Our ambition is to equip students to turn ideas into action and shape the organisations and societies of the future

You will bring a clear vision for management education and the ambition and drive to put it into practice. We are looking for someone who takes the initiative, recognises opportunities and brings colleagues with them, with a proven record of leading change and delivering sustained improvements in education and student experience.

Experience of designing, developing and delivering teaching programmes is essential, alongside the ability to lead programme development through others, develop colleagues and establish effective systems for delivery. Your record should show how you have worked with colleagues to turn critical review into improvements with demonstrable impact. You should also be able to build external relationships and turn those connections into opportunities for students and the School.

The Associate Dean for Education is the strategic lead on the School Executive Team responsible for the delivery of the component elements of the Education pillar. More broadly, the Associate Dean supports the Dean in delivering a range of collective and individual activity within the school, designed to improve all aspects of the Schools performance in Education and Student Experience.

Excellent academic leadership is critical to the University of Sheffield's vision of life-enhancing, research, innovation, and education. Each member of the School Executive Team plays a vital role in creating an inclusive environment where staff and students can succeed and flourish.

The Associate Dean for Education will need to be a role model, manager, mentor, and coach, in order to build a diverse community of staff and students. They will also be a member of the Faculty Education Committee to facilitate collaboration with other Directors of Education and ensure appropriate alignment and governance.

The University of Sheffield has an established Academic Career Pathway, which is built upon our shared understanding of what it means to be an academic in an ambitious, research-intensive institution like the University of Sheffield. As a Chair (Teaching & Research or Teaching Specialist Pathway), you will contribute in the areas of research, teaching, leadership, professional standing and wider engagement.

The appointment is to a Chair, with an initial three-year term as Associate Dean (Education), renewable for up to two further years by mutual agreement. Following completion of the leadership term, the appointee will continue in their underlying Chair appointment within the School.

What We Offer:

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.