Head of Academic Department; College of Health, Education and Public - Internal

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Location: Brighton - Falmer and Moulsecoomb Salary: £75,919 to £80,530 per annum Closing Date: Tuesday 14 July 2026 Reference: HEP

The University is seeking exceptional leaders to take on the role of Head of Academic Departments providing academic and operational leadership across all areas of the Department within the College of Health, Education and Public Life. This is a pivotal senior role, central to enabling the College and departments to deliver their academic strategy, research and knowledge exchange strategy, enhance operational performance, and deliver an outstanding student experience.

Provide academic and operational leadership across all areas of the Department within the College of Health, Education and Public Life, enabling the College to deliver its academic strategy, research and knowledge exchange strategy, enhance operational performance, and deliver an outstanding student experience.

As a core member of the College Executive Board, work in close partnership with the Executive Dean, Deputy Executive Deans, Director of College Operations and colleagues across the University and College to ensure that College operations function as a cohesive, high‑performing unit aligned to our Brighton 2035 strategy to deliver excellent and equitable student outcomes, a distinctive, inclusive and attractive student experience and financial sustainability.

• Department of Education and Social Work
• Department of Allied and Public Health
• Department of Nursing and Midwifery
• Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
• Department of Psychology and Sport Science

This is a full‑time role, permanent, and welcomes applications from candidates seeking to job share.

Candidates should provide an expression of interest (max. 2 sides of A4) stating which department they are applying for, and what experiences they can bring to this role.

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non‑belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community.

We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under‑represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.