Associate Head of Academic Department; College of Creativity, Technology and Society - Interna

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Location: Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer
Salary: £71,566 pro rata
Contract Length: 36 months
Closing Date: Tuesday 14 July 2026
Reference: CTS

The University is seeking exceptional leaders to apply for a secondment role of Associate Head of Academic Departments to support the Head of Departments in providing academic and operational leadership across all areas of the departments within the College of Creativity, Technology and Society. You will contribute to delivering high-quality teaching, learning, research, knowledge exchange, and student experience by overseeing delegated areas of responsibility and ensuring smooth running of day‑to‑day activities.

You will work collaboratively with the Head of Academic Department, other Associate Head of Academic Department, academic and professional service colleagues to foster an inclusive and high‑performing academic community.

We are seeking twelve Associate Head of Departments for the College (two for each department) in the following areas:

• Brighton Business School
• Department of Architecture and Environments
• Departments of Arts and Design
• Department of Engineering, Games and Computing
• Department of Law and Society
• Department of Media and Creative Technologies

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role. This is a 0.5 FTE seconded role, initially for a 3‑year period.

Interested 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, with time 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.