Head of Department Business Management Pathways

Head of Department for Business Management Pathways

Join us to apply for the Head of Department for Business Management Pathways role at Arden University
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Reporting into:
Head of School for Business Management and Creativity

Department:
Business Management Pathways

Travel will be required into the following locations:

• Coventry head office
• Birmingham campus
• Leeds campus
• Nottingham campus
• Manchester campus
• London area (Tower Hill, Holborn & Ealing)
• Newcastle

We are an aspirational and multi‑award‑winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first‑choice university for career‑focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

About our Department

The Head of Department will lead the Department of Business Management Pathways within the School of Business Management and Creativity. This department offers a suite of programmes allowing students to specialise in one area as part of a core Business Management programme, such as Marketing, HRM or Accounting and Finance. Students also study joint programmes combining Business with subjects such as law and computing, and the department is responsible for teaching on business and management apprenticeship programmes.

You will focus on providing academic leadership within the department of Business Management Pathways and be accountable for achieving outstanding quality features within Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Outstanding quality features within Student Experience include:

• Embedding outstanding teaching, feedback, and assessment practices to support students’ learning, progression, and attainment.
• Inspiring and engaging course content (including physical and virtual learning resources) and delivery that stretches learners to develop knowledge to their fullest potential.

Outstanding quality features within Student Outcomes include:

• Tailored departmental approaches for learners in and progress beyond their studies.
• Delivering outstanding departmental rates of continuation and completion for learners as well as setting programme curriculums that provide learners with the right skills, knowledge, and behaviour to progress into managerial or professional employment, or further study.

You will also line manage Senior Lecturers and potentially other members of the academic team. You will be responsible for recruitment of outstanding academic staff in their department and may undertake teaching and related duties on programmes relevant to their area of expertise, where possible.

• Provide strategic and academic leadership to shape the vision, growth, and excellence of our courses.
• Oversee curriculum innovation, ensuring relevance to global business challenges and emerging technologies.
• Lead, mentor, and develop academic staff to foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and research‑informed teaching.
• Strengthen partnerships with industry and professional bodies to ensure programmes deliver real‑world impact.
• Drive innovation in delivery modes, including blended and digital learning.

We're looking for a collaborative, inspiring and student‑centred leader with significant experience in Business Management education. You will be an inspirational academic leader with a strong record of teaching, programme development, and leadership within Business education, including experience of apprenticeship delivery.

• A forward‑looking mindset with an understanding of the opportunities presented by digital innovation and AI.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and people management skills.
• The vision and energy to shape the next generation of transformative leaders.

Highest degree:
Masters (or equivalent)

HE teaching qualification and/or Fellowship (e.g., PG Cert HE, SFHEA, PFHEA, QTLS/QTS).

Proven leadership, people management, and team‑building skills.

A successful track record of leading academic programmes, achieving high levels of Student Experience, Outcomes, and Satisfaction (TEF metrics).

Demonstrated ability to develop innovative environments for…