Job Description

Head of Construction and Engineering

Salary: £60,770 per annum (fixed)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
Closing Date: 18-11-2022 12 Midday
Support/Academic/Management: Academic

University College Birmingham are looking for an exceptional candidate to support in leading the School of Engineering, Digital and Sustainable Construction and assist the curriculum delivery team to develop and deliver curriculum to meet industry partner’s needs. This is an exciting time to join the team at University College Birmingham as we develop our partnership with University of Warwick.

You will be the face of UCB Engineering and Construction, lead on the student recruitment and enrolment process, collaborate with head of department in our digital curriculum area and ensure our students have the most fantastic student experience that will afford them the greatest life chances and offer a clear line of sight to degree level outcomes.

You will lead a team of lecturers and senior lecturers and work with our capital projects lead to ensure our newly created facilities are at the centre of the student experience in what can only be described as world class investment, ensuring that our students are completely work ready and can springboard into high value careers when they leave us.

We have recently invested over £2 million pound in labs and industry standard equipment such as hydraulic, pneumatics, PLC trainers, an Industry 4.0 production line, robots and cyber factory alongside state-of-the-art materials labs and testing equipment. Our PC suites have been developed with the latest industry software such as Matlab, Fluidsim, Tekla, Autocad, Revitt etc, This continues with our phase 2 £25m development of James Cond printworks to create The Centre for Sustainable Construction opening in summer 2023.

We expect that the ideal candidate for this role has a comprehensive CPD record and furthermore that they have significant experience of leading outstanding innovative curriculum.

Benefits:

• 50 days’ paid leave per year (38 days’ annual leave plus 12 bank holiday and concessionary days)
• Teachers Pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Excellent staff development opportunities
• Salary sacrifice car leasing, tech and cycle schemes
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking
• Hybrid Working Opportunities
• Free Gym Membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

Closing Date - Friday 18 November 2022 at midday.

Standard information:

UCB is an equal opportunities employer.

University College Birmingham is proud to have been voted UK University of the Year in the prestigious 2022 Whatuni Student Choice Awards. We are also the best university for Student Support. The awards are voted for by students showcasing the incredible relationships we foster here at University College Birmingham between Staff and Students.

UCB has a unique collaborative partnership with the University of Warwick (Ranked sixth in the 2022 Guardian League Tables and named the runner-up in the Times University of the Year 2022 and the Times University of the Year 2022 for Teaching Quality).

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

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