Head of Department of Professional Programmes, City Law School

City St George’s, University of London seeks to appoint an exceptional individual as the Head of the Department of Professional Programmes within the City Law School.

City Law School has a rich history of delivering legal education dating back to the nineteenth century. With a strong focus on the professions, and based in the heart of legal London, it has seen significant growth over the last decade. Today the School’s vision is to be ‘the School for the Legal Services Industry’. The School is unique in offering a broad range of courses while remaining committed to excellence in research and professional scholarship. City Law School has a clear and important role to play in City’s 2030 Strategy in being the university of business, practice and the professions under its President, Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein.

The Head of Professional Programmes will lead a significant Department, comprising 50 academic staff delivering training to circa 700 students. The Department of Professional Programmes runs our nationally leading Bar Vocational Studies course and new Solicitors’ Practice Programme, which launched in 2023.The new Head will join the School Senior Leadership Team and play a key role in the delivery of its vision through departmental leadership. They will also work closely with the Head of Academic Programmes to foster strong and collaborative working across the School. They will have real scope to shape the Department, maintaining and developing our portfolio of programmes.

The ideal candidate will have experience of managing people and a demonstrable track record of developing and delivering an innovative and inclusive educational experience for students. They will be effective people leaders, capable of leading and embedding cultural change. The ideal appointee will have effective engagement with external networks and a high degree of credibility in the legal professions and practice. They will be collegiate and committed to working as part of an agile and inclusive School Executive.

City, University of London has engaged Minerva to assist with the recruitment of the Head of Department of Professional Programmes.

For further information please visit https://www.minervasearch.com/current-opportunities/cityhod/

The closing date for all applications, which should be in the form of a CV and cover letter addressed to cityhod@minervasearch.com, is 16 December 2024.

Interview dates are to be confirmed.

To arrange an informal conversation, please email cityhod@minervasearch.com