Interim Director Queen Mary Academy

About the Role

Queen Mary University of London is seeking suitably qualified candidates to lead the Queen Mary Academy (QMA) for an interim period of 6-9 months.

The Interim Director of the Queen Mary Academy (QMA) will be responsible for leading the QMA through a period of change. The Interim Director will evolve the QMA to ensure it meets the changing needs to address sector developments. The post-holder will ensure QMA’s processes and delivery methods are impactful and cost-effective so that Queen Mary supports educators and researchers in their enhancement work to achieve the desired outcomes on the relevant enabling plans.

The post-holder will play an active role in the Education and Student Experience Leadership Team (ESELT) and on project boards and workstreams as required to deliver relevant enabling plans. These plans currently include (but not limited to) the Education and Student Experience Enabling Plan (ESEEP), the Research and Innovation Enabling Plan, and the Access and Participation Plan (APP).

The post-holder will work closely with the Chief of Staff, the Vice-Principal (Education) and the Vice Principal (Research) and their Deputies as appropriate to evolve the QMA. The post holder will engage with Directorate leads and stakeholders, providing the university with a coherent developmental enhancement programme that ensures the QMA provides high-quality sector leading activities.

About You

You will be a leader who wants to develop their experience in change management and meeting our 2030 strategic objectives. You should have a strong understanding of academic practice development delivery models including online provision. You will guide and support the Academy through a period of change.

About the Department

The Queen Mary Academy is dedicated to advancing academic practice through exceptional development opportunities for educators and researchers. Our comprehensive portfolio supports career progression and recognition, employing a blended model of online and in-person delivery. Accredited by Advance HE, our inclusive programmes enhance practice across Schools and Institutes. Collaborating with staff and students, we align with Queen Mary’s 2030 Strategy, in close consultation with the Vice-Principal (Education) and the Vice-Principal (Research).

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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