Chair in Psychology in Education

Role Summary

The post holder will make a significant contribution to teaching and learning, contribute at a high level to leadership and management activity and act as a role model in respect of citizenship. 

Main Duties

Research 

• Develop, plan and lead research activities/programmes of outstanding quality in the disciplinary area;
• Publish high quality innovative, distinctive and significant outputs which are considered to be world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour;
• Regularly contribute to other research-related activities such as conference papers and keynote speaker invitations at conferences;
• Provide leadership on the generation of research income, supporting colleagues to maximise funding opportunities, promoting collaboration with external researchers and organisations;
• Lead the development of strategies, policies and procedures which have a positive and quantifiable impact on equality, diversity and inclusion;
• Maintain a sustained track record of income generation appropriate to the discipline to support own work;
• As appropriate for the discipline, lead a major research group, managing people and resources to deliver an ambitious research vision;
• May lead consultancy projects and/or advise external organisations, based on research and reputation in the subject area;
• Participate actively in the development of the research strategy in the Department/School/College as appropriate; 
• Provide outstanding supervision to research students.

Education

• Develop, plan and lead high quality education activities;
• Develop high quality, inclusive and academically challenging practice in research-intensive teaching, learning and assessment;
• Deliver high quality portfolio of innovative, engaging and inspirational teaching which is accessible to all;
• Contribute to curriculum design to ensure the offer is contemporary, inclusive, engaging, international and academically challenging;
• Lead innovative approaches to digital resources/environments and support colleagues to use them in the delivery of teaching, learning and assessment;
• Provide outstanding project/dissertation supervision;
• Develop and lead collaborative working arrangements with colleagues across the Department, School and wider University to deliver outstanding teaching.

Leadership, Management and Citizenship 

• Lead and manage major activities in the School/College/University. This may be in relation to one or more of the following:
  • external partnership activities/collaborations;
  • leading a Department or undertaking School/College roles;
  • developing institutional policies and practice;
  • leading activities contributing to a positive and inclusive community spirit across the School/College/University;
  • using position and influence in order to ensure that others engage positively with the University’s Strategy;
  • leading, developing and motivating colleagues using mentoring and coaching skills;
  • proactively supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion activities.

Person Specification

• PhD or equivalent qualification or an equivalent body of work; 
• Evidence of innovative approaches to digital resources/environments;
• Evidence of high level leadership and management contributions; 
• Evidence of high level successful collaborations (whether research, teaching or other);
• Evidence of proactively engaging in citizenship activities;
• Evidence of working with others for the greater good of the academic discipline and institution.

Further particulars can be found here.

Informal enquiries to be sent to Professor Karen Guldberg, Head of School, [email protected]

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