Associate Head of School - Sunderland, United Kingdom - University of Sunderland

University of Sunderland
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To lead and manage the Crime, Policing and Investigations team in line with
Faculty plans and objectives.

To contribute to the academic leadership of the faculty as part of the senior
management team; providing cross-faculty leadership where required.

To ensure the provision of excellent academic practice within the team, sharing
knowledge and best practice and enabling a culture of continuous development.


Key Responsibilities

and Accountabilities:

To provide leadership in the academic development of Criminology and Policing,
including through the implementation of the University's Student Success Plan and
Research and Knowledge Exchange Plan.

To engage with all stakeholders in Crime, Policing and Investigations, including
students, staff, advisory boards, and other external partners.

To contribute to School and Faculty academic planning, representing the Crime,
Policing and Investigations team.

To oversee academic activities, ensuring the highest standards are identified and

achieved, including in:
- programme delivery
- the student experiences
- academic student support
- teaching, learning and assessment enhancement
- research, knowledge exchange and innovation
- other relevant university and faculty academic initiatives

  • To oversee the effective management of academicrelated activities by:
  • overseeing student recruitment and marketing initiatives
- overseeing the maintenance of quality and standards, in compliance with

the Office for Students Conditions of Registration B, and other
requirements of accrediting bodies where applicable

team, including module and programme leadership
- ensuring effective timetabling for the activities of the team in conjunction

with Academic Registry.
- developing and maintaining positive working relationships with key

professional services contacts
To ensure the effective deployment of resources, including through:

  • leading workload planning, using the University's Framework for Academic
Workload Planning.
- appointment and management of academic tutors following university

guidelines.
- approval of staff leaves and absence.
- budget management, where required.

To manage, motivate and support the Crime, Policing and Investigations team, by:

  • acting as a positive role model for the University Values
- leading staff recruitment and induction activities where delegated by the

  • Head of School supporting and encouraging their personal and professional development addressing staff performance and welfare matters
- providing opportunities for peer support and the sharing of best practice

within the team.

To undertake teaching, assessment, research, or other academic activities, with
the agreement of the Head of School.

To undertake relevant personal and professional development activities to ensure
own academic practice and leadership skills are continuously updated.

Any other relevant activities as determined by the Head of School or the Academic
Dean of the faculty.


Special

Circumstances:

University of Sunderland

Role Profile
Part 2


Part 2A:
Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential:


Qualifications & Professional Memberships:


  • A doctoral qualification (PhD or Professional Doctorate) in a relevant area
  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, or a HE teaching qualification

Experience:


  • Recent experience of university teaching, curriculum design and course
development across the core areas of Criminology and/or Policing

  • Experience of leadership of staff from both academic and practitioner
backgrounds and/or across different disciplines

  • Experience of developing external networks with, for example, Police
Forces, local government or the third sector

  • Possess sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the
discipline to develop teaching, research, and to engage in recruitment
activities

  • Clear potential to develop a clear track record of research, professional
practice or scholarship


Key Knowledge & Expertise:


  • An excellent understanding of quality assurance processes in higher

- education
  • Skills in managing academic programmes at programme level
  • Knowledge of the National Policing Curriculum, the Police Education
  • Qualification Framework and the entry routes into policing
  • Possess the qualities and transferable skills necessary for the exercise of
personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex and
unpredictable situations, in professional or equivalent environments.


Desirable:


Qualifications & Professional Memberships:


  • Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

Experience:


  • Experience in online teaching and learning
  • A demonstrable track record of research, professional practice or
scholarship

**Part 2B: Key Competencies


Competencies are

assessed at the

interview/selection
**testing stage

Key Knowledge and Expertise (role specific):

**Academic Leadership and Practice: - Contributes to the long-term pla
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