Head of Department, Law and Social Science

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College of Enterprise & Legislation
Firm:  Middlesex College
Location:  Hendon
Beginning Wage: 
Aggressive Wage
Grade:  Senior Workers
Contract Sort:  Everlasting
FTE:  1
Date Posted:  Monday 18 September 2023
Closing Date:  Wednesday 18 October 2023
Reference:  BAL3

Middlesex College is an bold and progressive establishment dedicated to empowering college students and offering them with an academic expertise that units them up for fulfillment in life and work as we embark upon our 2031 College Technique. 

Our triple depth method is focussed round Schooling, Analysis & Information Change and Engagement. Based mostly in North London and constructing on a proud historical past, our imaginative and prescient is to be a very twenty first century World College. The College has over 38,000 college students finding out in London and at campuses in Dubai and Mauritius and over 274,000 alumni. The College’s range of expertise and vibrancy are signature strengths that underpin all we do. 

We are actually searching for to nominate an bold and revolutionary tutorial chief for our Division of Legislation and Social Science inside the College of Enterprise and Legislation. It is a giant and vibrant tutorial division encompassing studying, educating, analysis and data switch within the core LLB topic areas in addition to disciplines of human rights legislation, industrial legislation, worldwide legislation, employment rights, worldwide relations, geopolitics, world governance and sustainable growth. The College additionally consists of our Centre for Policing. 

The Legislation and Social Science division combines the earlier two legislation departments within the College following a restructure in September 2023 and is now the only division within the College of Legislation. With roughly 50 tutorial workers and over 800 college students the College of Legislation presents an distinctive vary of programmes with power within the latest NSS. In REF21 50% of our impression was assessed at 4* and the 2 Models of Evaluation submitted continued to indicate good ranges of the best high quality 3* and 4* analysis with a rise within the total proportion of 4* rated output. 

The brand new Head of Division will type a part of an bold Senior Management crew pushed to implement and realise the rising imaginative and prescient of the Division and College to make sure we ship our ambitions across the triple depth holistic technique. The postholder will work with three different Heads of Division within the College, two Deputy Deans, a College Supervisor and the Dean to offer management and administration in shaping the way forward for the College. 

That is an thrilling time to be becoming a member of Middlesex with a robust management, readability of focus and a willpower to ship optimistic change throughout the College. The College of Enterprise and Legislation is effectively positioned with a superb REF21 profile, a refreshing suite of programmes, important trade connections and a devoted crew of workers. 

The appointment will probably be at Affiliate Professor/ Professor degree, relying on expertise with the Head of Division place being initially for 3 years with a view to increase for an additional three years. Following this the profitable candidate will revert to the substantive publish of Affiliate Professor/ Professor.

Candidates will probably be anticipated to exhibit sturdy proof of imaginative and prescient, innovation, management and managing tutorial workers along with a dedication to fostering and growing a collegial and collaborative tutorial setting inside a division/ faculty that encourages tutorial workers to flourish.

Interviews will happen on Monday thirtieth of October and/or Monday sixth of November

In the event you want to focus on the job in additional element please contact: Professor Martin Broad, Interim Tutorial Dean Enterprise & Legislation; e mail: [email protected] 

We worth range and try to create a fairer, extra equitable work setting for our workers and college students.

We provide a variety of household pleasant, inclusive employment insurance policies, versatile working preparations, workers range networks, campus services and providers to help workers from completely different backgrounds.

Middlesex is residence to a various neighborhood of pros. We’re a bronze award holder of the Athena Swan Constitution, a member of the Race Equality Constitution, a Stonewall Prime 100 employer and Gold award holder in 2023, and a Incapacity Assured Chief. We’re dedicated to enhancing employment alternatives for underrepresented teams.