UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND: Head of Division – Division of Sport, Train and Well being

Faculty of Well being & Life Sciences

Lanarkshire Campus

THE POST – Head of Division – Division of Sport, Train and Well being

The College of West of Scotland has an thrilling alternative to hitch a devoted group within the Faculty of Well being and Life Sciences, who try to repeatedly encourage our college students and wider College community – and, via trendy teaching and impactful research, proceed to ship modern options to among the world’s largest challenges.

As Head of Division, you can be key to the profitable supply of the varsity’s contribution to the ambitions and priorities recognized within the college strategy.

On this essential senior management function, you’ll present sturdy, dynamic and inspirational management and management throughout the division. With duty for tutorial exercise and high quality in teaching, research, topic growth, data trade and internationalisation at divisional degree, you’ll contribute to attaining the varsity’s plan, via the supply of an modern portfolio of industry-led/research-informed programmes, providing an excellent scholar expertise, wonderful teaching, and supply of impactful, high-quality, modern research, data trade, consultancy, CPD, and different innovation actions. 

You’ll oversee the allocation and management of workload and useful resource planning, creating and reviewing the efficiency of educational employees. You’ll uphold the values of Athena SWAN and undertake tasks and duties as agreed with the Deputy Dean of the Faculty.

The profitable candidate ought to have the next:

• PhD or equal skilled qualification
• Diploma in self-discipline related to the division/faculty
• Vital expertise of latest studying, teaching and evaluation inside Larger Schooling, with a dedication to delivering prime quality teaching to help an excellent scholar expertise.
• Expertise and data of quality assurance and high quality enhancement methods, with an inclusive curriculum development strategy that demonstrates equality in addition to sharing of excellent follow
• Have the ability to exhibit expertise in efficiently managing folks and course of both in a line or employees management capability
• Heightened expertise in efficient planning, organising and downside fixing with wonderful liaison, networking, influencing and communication skills.
• Applicable proof of exterior engagement which is clearly in step with the Faculty’s precedence areas for the long run (e.g. exterior engagement by way of research, or data trade, or engagement with skilled our bodies or different exterior organisations)

ABOUT US

College of the West of Scotland is certainly one of Scotland’s largest and most dynamic trendy universities. Our attain throughout the nation, along with our London campus, signifies that UWS is a major drive in international data creation, innovation, and a number one supplier of undergraduate, postgraduate and research diploma education. Our levels present college students with a transformational expertise; equipping them with extremely sought-after graduate expertise that set them up for international success in world-leading sectors, industries and companies.

With cutting-edge programs, trendy pedagogy and sensible data, we allow our college students and employees to expertise the enjoyment of studying, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their data for the good thing about others. 

UWS is formally ranked by Instances Larger Schooling within the high 200 universities worldwide beneath 50 years previous (2023 Younger College Rankings).

The Faculty of Well being & Life Sciences at UWS affords modern teaching and research alternatives, firmly targeted on the real-world challenges going through the healthcare and life sciences sectors. You’ll be a part of a supportive and dedicated group, the place you’ll play a key function in persevering with to determine the College as a drive for good. Our college students profit from finding out in trendy studying amenities – among the many absolute best within the nation – and the sturdy hyperlinks we’ve got with companion organisations throughout the non-public, public and third sectors.

We host the one British Affiliation of Sport and Train Science (BASES)- accredited lab in Scotland, and might supply lab-based and sensible tuition.

We have now Chartered Institute for the Administration of Sport & Bodily Exercise (CIMPSA) endorsement for a variety of our modules throughout the Division.

The Faculty hosts a vibrant community of interdisciplinary research from bench to bedside to community. It has very sturdy research hyperlinks throughout the College and to different establishments within the UK and internationally and aligns to the College’s strategic aims, together with to develop and develop distinctive research and innovation dedicated to the United Nations Sustainable Growth Targets. This creates a versatile and supportive surroundings for research that’s at the moment organised into three areas throughout the Faculty:

• Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Coverage and Follow
• Institute of Biomedical & Environmental Well being Analysis
• Sport and Bodily Exercise Analysis Institute

We provide our employees a caring and supportive surroundings, throughout 5 campuses, and a aggressive advantages bundle which incorporates:

• 35 days of annual go away, plus an extra 12 days for public/college holidays
• A further days go away in your birthday
• Outlined profit contribution pension scheme (at the moment 23%), together with loss of life in service advantages upon becoming a member of the scheme.
• A versatile strategy to working sample and work-life steadiness
• Worker low cost scheme throughout 3,500 retailers
• Health amenities throughout our campuses
• Entry to a variety of health and wellbeing assets, together with occupational health, physiotherapy and entry to our Worker Help Programme
• Skilled, profession and research growth alternatives.

Interviews: Monday 17^th June in particular person at Lanarkshire campus.

The College reserves the appropriate to shorten/prolong the time limit of any place the place a excessive/low quantity of appropriate purposes are obtained. Subsequently, in case you are on this function, an early utility could be inspired.

UWS is dedicated to equality and variety and welcomes purposes from underrepresented teams.

UWS is a “Incapacity Assured” employer.

College of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520.