Professor of Social Policy and (Director of the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit)

Job title:

Professor of Social Coverage and (Director of the Coverage Analysis and Analysis Unit)

Firm

Manchester Metropolitan College

Job description

The Division of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan College is among the largest within the UK; with 85 members of employees and over 1500 college students throughout all ranges. We ship undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Criminology, Sociology and Social Coverage.The Division is each teaching- and research-intensive, with a robust give attention to utilized, empirical social science. Our success in reaching above sector scholar satisfaction demonstrates our dedication to glorious, student-centred studying.The division is residence to a number of analysis centres, together with the Coverage Analysis and Analysis Unit, the Manchester Centre for Youth Research, and the Medication Coverage and Social Change unit. We’re additionally nationally recognised for our progressive method to quantitative strategies and knowledge literacy through our Q-Step Centre. Within the REF21 we had been rated prime 15 for analysis energy in each UoA20 and UoA21; our analysis is impactful, interdisciplinary and socially engaged. This position might be primarily based within the Coverage, Analysis and Analysis Unit.The FunctionThe division is trying to appoint a Professor of Social Coverage who may even be Director of the Coverage Analysis and Analysis Unit, and take a management position within the Masters of Public Administration.The Coverage Analysis and Analysis Unit is a extremely profitable multi-disciplinary crew of evaluators, economists, sociologists and criminologists. Established for over 15 years it has created a robust nationwide and worldwide status for analysis and utilized analysis. The postholder will information the following stage of PERU’s growth together with working with the PERU administration group, the Head of Division and different key decision-makers within the College to ship PERU’s technique. This position consists of line administration of different Professors within the Group and total governance obligations for all of PERU’s portfolio of tasks, a lot of that are giant, worldwide tasks involving a number of companions and stakeholders.Additionally, you will develop an internationally important portfolio of labor in social coverage in a number of of following sectors: poverty and work, social care, schooling, prison justice or housing and homelessness.About youYou’ll carry important expertise of profitable and managing giant, complicated social coverage tasks together with evaluations and utilized analysis, in addition to a global status for social coverage analysis. You may have important expertise of management in public our bodies, maybe gained via intervals of time spent in senior management roles or via important advisory and governance roles in public our bodies.Important Abilities:

• first diploma along with a PhD in a related self-discipline or equal {qualifications}/expertise
• Sturdy management and organisational expertise required to steer, handle and encourage a analysis crew, practice and mentor employees, postgraduate researchers and college students.
• Worldwide main analysis profile and recognised as an esteemed and influential authority within the subject.
• Proof of producing grant or contract revenue and outputs applicable to the self-discipline.
• Contribution to the event of the related self-discipline, displaying impression and affect (equivalent to via conferences, nationwide and worldwide networks and papers).

Additional info**This appointment is being managed solely by our retained government search advisors, Berwick Companions. Please don’t apply for this position through the Manchester Metropolitan College web site**For a casual dialogue about this position please contact Liam Younger throughAdditional info, together with an in depth position description and particular person specification, and data on find out how to apply could be discovered right here –Interviews might be held on Wednesday 22 Might 2024.

Anticipated wage

Location

Manchester

Job date

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 04:14:23 GMT

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