Associate Dean for Education

UHI is a globally recognised tertiary institution providing innovative further and higher education for over 40,000 students across 70 campuses and learning centres spread across the Highlands and Islands, Moray and Perthshire. UHI offers much more than a traditional university or college. Its mission is to provide a transformational impact on the people, communities, and economy of the regions we serve through a rich blend of academic programmes from access level to PhD. 

The fundamental part of our mission is to drive cocreated education and research, enhanced by our unique landscape, heritage and cultures, ensuring that learning outcomes are second to none. We are also committed to affirming all of the languages, dialects and cultures throughout our regions, including Gaelic language and culture. Across the UHI operating area we have centres of excellence and world-class thinking that are pushing the boundaries of academic and applied knowledge where staff, students, industry and communities are collaborating to drive innovation and new ways of thinking. 

To lead this work, UHI is now recruiting an Associate Dean for Education (1.0FTE), in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Business and Education.  

The leads of the cognate subject areas, the Associate Deans of Faculty are responsible for developing practitioner academic communities across the region, inclusive of further education, higher education, research, and knowledge exchange. Working to the Deans of Faculty and in constant iteration with senior academic staff in academic partners, they will support the operationalisation of agreed academic objectives across the UHI operating area.  

The Associate Dean for Education will be responsible, specifically, for:

• Facilitative leadership of UHI programme leaders and other academic and research leaders in education and early years within the relevant cognate subject group of the faculty.
• Development of research in education, as well as leadership and national representation of UHI teacher education 

An application form and further details can be obtained via our website www.uhi.ac.uk/vacancies 

Recruitment Process 

When completing the application form please ensure that you clearly evidence how you meet the selection criteria identified on the relevant person specification. 

The deadline for submitting your application is 5pm Thursday 31 October.  

Shortlisting will take place on Thursday 7 November. 

Interviews will be held by videoconferencing on Friday 22 November 

If you have any queries regarding our recruitment and selection process, or if you would like to request any reasonable adjustments to either the recruitment process or the prospective job, please contact the HR team as soon as possible.  

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