Job Title: Head of Department (Healthcare Workforce Development & Apprenticeships)
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £61,985 per annum (Fixed)
Job type: Permanent, Full-time.
University College Birmingham works in partnership with the University of Warwick – Ranked eighth in the 2023 Guardian League Tables and 10th in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2023.
The Role:
University College Birmingham is looking for a talented, experienced, and driven academic to join our rapidly growing Department of Healthcare Workforce Development & Apprenticeship as the Head of Department.
Over the past 2 and half years, the provision of Nursing apprenticeship programmes within the Department has grown significantly, as well as a very successful pre-registration Physiotherapy apprenticeship. We are now at a point where we have an ambitious plan to grow and diversify our provision further
If you are an experienced academic with a track record of developing curriculum and an appreciation of the role of apprenticeships in the health care sector and workforce then this is an exciting time to join us. It will afford you the opportunity to work with a growing team, within a School committed to working inter professionally, as we well as developing new provision with outstanding teaching facilities
Benefits:
- Generous allocation of annual leave – 38 days’ paid leave per year + 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
- Excellent Teachers’ Pension Scheme – Employer Contributions – 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 21 July 2023 at midday
Interview Dates – TBC.
UCB is an equal opportunities employer.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Head of Department, University Head, Healthcare Head of Department, Lecturer in Healthcare, Nursing Specialist, Nursing Lecturer, Healthcare Teacher, may also be considered for this role.
