Associate Professor in Health Sciences / Deputy Head of School

The School of Health Sciences is part of the highly successful and vibrant Faculty for Education, Health, and Human Sciences. The faculty has a strong focus on professional and workforce development. Cross-professional collaboration is at the heart of what we do. Frequently commended for our partnership working across the sector, the school delivers a range of undergraduate and post graduate courses leading to registration in nursing, midwifery, and allied healthcare professions. The University has invested massively in globally acclaimed state-of-the-art simulation centres, which will further enhance our record of teaching innovation. 

Our philosophy of ‘Education without Boundaries’ means that we are committed to supporting our academic teams to deliver the highest quality student experience and success, enterprise and employment outcomes for students from all walks of life. The school enjoys high levels of student engagement and a dedicated team of internationally recognised staff who work in partnership with professional bodies, industry, research, and academic networks to expand this provision. We are equally proud of our strong and extensive network of successful Alumni. 

We are looking to appoint an experienced academic to join the school as an Associate Professor in Health Sciences. In this role, you will be required to demonstrate substantial experience of working in a higher education context including curriculum development, approvals and PSRB approved health programmes. 

Co aligned with the requirements of the associate professor role; the successful applicant will also be required to undertake the role of Deputy Head of School for 75% of their time for an initial period of three years.

The role as Deputy Head of School will support the Head of School to develop and deliver on the school’s strategic priorities, focusing on School growth and expansion. You will provide strong academic leadership and vision driven by a commitment to Teaching and Student Experience. The post holder is expected to have, and maintain, strong stakeholder relationships, a proven track record of discipline-related pedagogical expertise and to provide leadership and to set standards of excellence. The successful candidate must also hold a PhD or equivalent professional practice in a relevant discipline.

Staff are expected to continue delivering their academic career objectives and contribute to teaching, learning, research, and knowledge exchange where appropriate. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Dr Beverly Joshua. Head of School, Health Sciences on b.joshua@gre.ac.uk 

Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on PeopleOperationsFehhs@gre.ac.uk

We operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the University’s Working Principles and Guidelines.

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.

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The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

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