Professor
Successful candidates will have sustained and continuing record of excellence which has contributed to the furtherance of knowledge in their discipline and is recognised in a well-established and high-profile international reputation. Evidence of significant academic leadership and a PhD or equivalent research experience are also essential.
Job description
Job family and grade: Research, Teaching and Enterprise, Grade 9.
Job purpose
- To work with other senior academic staff to ensure that the ambitions set out in the University’s Strategy, Creating Better Futures. Together are achieved.
- To lead the development and implementation of research, teaching and enterprise strategy to maintain vitality in the activities of the University generally and in the academic area
- To engage personally with those activities, adding to the University’s international reputation.
Job duties
Academic leadership
- To provide academic leadership specifically in the academic area, as well as more generally across the University.
- To pursue excellence in research, teaching and enterprise and to inspire others to do the same.
- To play a lead role in the development and communication of the strategic vision for the academic area
- To lead and participate in internal and external networks to foster collaboration and to promote the academic area and the University, nationally and internationally.
- To monitor the external environment and ensure that the School and University capitalise on emerging opportunities and to review the scope of current academic provision.
Research
- To pursue an ‘internationally competitive’ personal research programme consistent with the research priorities of the School/Department that increases the global visibility and reputation of the University.
- To secure external research funding.
- To supervise and manage research projects.
- To publish the outcomes of research in outlets of international standing.
- To attend and contribute to the organisation of major international conferences.
- To supervise postgraduate students at Masters and Doctoral levels.
- To initiate, lead and collaborate in research initiatives with colleagues both within the University and externally.
- To initiate, lead and collaborate in research initiatives with other HEIs and other relevant bodies.
- To lead colleagues in delivering an exceptional learning environment for students.
- To teach and inspire undergraduate and postgraduate students, and to conduct associated assessments.
- To provide academic and pastoral support to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- To promote the use of a range of methods and techniques in teaching, learning and assessment.
- To engage in the evaluation and development of modules for which you have responsibility, in terms of content, delivery and assessment.
- To be responsible for the design and content of specific areas of teaching and learning within the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- To lead colleagues in the continuous review and development of the School’s taught programmes and the curriculum.
Enterprise
- To initiate and lead engagement with business, public and voluntary organisations, through knowledge exchange activities such as student projects and placement, research collaboration, consultancy and specialist training.
- To create social, culture and economic impact from academic, especially research activity
- To secure external funding in support of these activities.
- To seek opportunities for the commercialisation of research and the formulation of social enterprises.
Related activities and functions
- To appraise and advise staff on personal and career development plans.
- To work effectively with relevant administrative, technical and academic staff in the School and across the University.
- To carry out specific administrative roles and functions as may be reasonably required.
- To take part in, and on occasion, act as a Chair of one or more of the School’s committees.
- To engage in training programmes in the University (e.g. through Staff Development), which are consistent with your needs and aspirations, and those of the academic area
- To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably requested that are commensurate with the nature and grade of the post.
- To engage fully with the annual Performance and Development Review (PDR) process.
Points to note
The purpose of this job description is to indicate the general level of duties and responsibility of the post. The detailed duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character or level of responsibility outlined in the document.
