Head of the Graduate School

Job content

Research, Innovation and Impact Services

Location:

Stoke Campus

Salary

£70,954 to £75,262 Per Annum - Full Time Permanent

Release Date

Friday 02 June 2023

Closing Date

Friday 23 June 2023

Reference

HOGS

We are Staffordshire University. We are a ‘catalyst for change’. We are a force for social good. We are here to transform the lives of people, who will transform our society and transform the places in which we live. This isn’t a new mission. It has been in our DNA for over 100 years. In these turbulent times, where inequalities pervade, achieving our mission is more important than ever. People, societies and places, depend upon us. ‘Catalyst for Change’, positioned in the centre, therefore, beats like a heart for Staffordshire University.

We will be this catalyst for change through our four interdependent priorities: Next Generation Education, Next Generation Experience, Next Generation Engagement and Next Generation Environments. And the focus on ‘next generation’ is important – if we are going to be that catalyst for change, we need be different to what has gone before, be different from our competitors and lead the way in embracing technology in how we live, work and study.

In 2022 our students recognised us as a Top 5 UK University (StudentCrowd University Awards 2022), within the top 15 for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2022) and 87% of our Research Impact is Outstanding or Very Considerable (REF 2021).

To support us to achieve our strategic ambitions, we are currently recruiting for a number of new posts; Associate Dean – Curriculum, Associate Dean – Research and Innovation, and Head of the Graduate School.

In this position, as the Head of the Graduate School, you will provide critical academic leadership for the Graduate School, developing and growing our postgraduate research community. Working alongside the Associate Deans for Research and Innovation, you’ll drive research success across the institution through best practice led governance of our research regulations and procedures and through the delivery of timely support for our doctoral students and their supervisors.

You will be an excellent researcher in your own right, with a strong international research profile, and 0.4 FTE of this 1.0 FTE role will be dedicated to independent research activities.

We are a university of and for our community; local, national and global. If you share our values and have the skills to deliver our vision, we want to hear from you.

How To Apply

To make an application, please follow the steps outlined in the recruitment pack attached.

Further Details

Staffordshire University is committed to promoting and enabling a positive culture where staff, students and visitors are confident to be their authentic selves. We focus on inclusion as a way to ensure equality of opportunity for all our people and to demonstrate our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Human Rights.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits a diverse organisation can bring for the University.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, who are currently under-represented in the University workforce.