Making a Positive Impact, Together.
Doing things differently.
Head of Department
£77,852 - £84,129 per annum (pro rata)
Full time, permanent contract
About the Role
We’re looking to appoint a Head of Department (HE) who can provide strategic planning and subject area insights to help to deliver the schools’ strategic objectives. You should be a proven leader and excellent communicator, with a passion for innovative pedagogy, excellent student experience, and quality enhancement. With our degree subjects spanning from Environmental Science to Veterinary Nursing, you will need a broad land based subject oversight as you seek out ways to further enhance our academic offer. In collaboration with the other Head of Department and School Executive Team, and answering to the Executive Dean of the School, you will look for ways to enhance the student experience, from evaluating and implementing innovative pedagogic techniques, to ensuring a range of student opportunities to maximising our students’ employability or suitability for further study.
You should be qualified to doctoral level or a relevant professional qualification and be a Senior Fellow of a Higher Education Academy (or in the process achieving this). You should have experience of working in a similar role and leading change and have an established reputation in a land-based field of research or practice.
Interview Date: 18th October
For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We'll still consider applications even if you don't meet every single one of the requirements, so don't be put off if you don't match them perfectly.
About Us
We are the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Science (ARES) at Nottingham Trent University. Our business is nature: specifically, the environment, animal health and welfare, ecology and conservation, and agriculture and food production.
Based on the 200-hectare estate of Brackenhurst campus, our school is comprised of a dedicated team of lecturers, researchers and students who are committed to the same vision of empowering staff and students to have positive impact on our planet, through improving the health and wellbeing of environments, animals, plants and people. Our goal is to now enhance and further embed the school’s reputation, by developing our pedagogy, resources, perspectives and ambitions towards this vision.
Our approach is innovative and inclusive. We feel it makes us that little bit different. It’s our goal to have a positive impact on the planet by improving the well being of environments, animals, plants, and people. If you see that passion in yourself, we can be a new, powerful partner in your career.
For any informal queries about the role or the ARES team, please contact Dawn Scott (Executive Dean) at dawn.scott@ntu.ac.uk.
Join Us
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We also offer:
- Between 25 and 35 days annual leave per year (dependent on grade) plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata
- Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
- Opportunity to receive a bonus for exceptional performance and contribution
- Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
- And a whole lot more…
Come and be part of our success. Apply today.
Safe and Inclusive
At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Whilst this role is currently eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route, upcoming immigration rules changes may impact on eligibility for sponsorship, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa for more information.
This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.
