Head of Discipline – Biomedical and Forensic Sciences

Life Sciences

Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an extraordinary place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work. Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years. We achieve outstanding results for our teaching* and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff. Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

Our newly established School of Human Sciences within the College of Life and Natural Sciences is looking to appoint an inspirational Head of Discipline for Biomedical and Forensic Science.  You will be responsible for strengthening the discipline’s regional, civic and commercial engagement and provide a strategic link between the Head of School and the academic groups responsible for delivery of teaching, research and enterprise.  You will be involved in all aspects of resource planning and development of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences.   You must have excellent leadership and management skills with exceptional communication skills and proven ability to motivate and develop others.   Evidence of establishing strong external networks is essential as is the ability to build mutually beneficial partnerships.  You must have a PhD in an area relevant to Biomedical or Forensic Science and be a fellow the HEA. Experience of effective working with professional bodies is important and we would particularly welcome applicants with experience of IBMS accreditation and establishing clinical links within hospital settings. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.

As part of the Safer Recruitment process, if you are successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The post for which you are applying is exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 requiring any spent convictions to be declared. Any information you provide will be treated in confidence and only used when considering your suitability for the post.

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