Head Of Engineering

Job Title:Head of Engineering

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £65,000 per annum

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

The University is unlike any other. Standing proud in the heart of the city of Birmingham, they have been delivering career-focused education and training for decades. With around 8000 students across FE and HE level provision, the University is highly respected by employers and industry in meeting the region's skills needs.

The University's mission is to promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large.

Winners of the International award at the 2023 What Uni Student Choice Awards, along with silver in the University of the Year category, they are committed to their student and staff communities.

The University works in partnership with one of the UK's leading Universities. A member of the Russell Group, the partner University is ranked 8th in The Guardian 2023 league table with an international reputation for research and teaching quality. The partner University not only accredits many of the University's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, but also works on a number of collaborative projects to support development of higher education and widen access within the West Midlands.

The Role:

The University 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.

You will be the face of Engineering, leading on the student recruitment and enrolment process, collaborating with heads of department in our construction and digital curriculum areas and ensuring 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.

Our Engineering department opened in September 2022 and we have over 200 Further Education Students studying with us this year. We are developing our Higher Education curriculum which has recently been launched with an MSc and will be followed with a new BEng and HNCs for September 2024. We will also be looking at developing apprenticeships to support employers and a strong skill led adult offer.

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.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days' paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions
    • Teachers' Pension Scheme - 23.6%
  • Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service
  • Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
  • Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
  • Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
  • A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle
  • Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
  • Hybrid working opportunities
  • Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

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.

Closing Date - Friday 1st March 2024

Interview Dates - TBC

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Candidates with experience of: Head Engineer, Engineering Lecturer, Senior Engineer, Engineering Lead, Academic Engineering Lead, Senior Engineering Lecturer, may be considered for this role.