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The Role and the Department The Department of Engineering is seeking a Department Manager to lead the Department's organisational and administrative functions, providing strategic support across learning and teaching, the student experience, research, finance, and impact. Working closely with the Head of Department and Senior Management Team, the post holder will contribute to business planning, help shape strategic priorities, oversee the Department's budget and resource allocation, and manage HR processes. They will also strengthen communication mechanisms, particularly through effective IT systems, and identify opportunities to enhance service quality through innovation and continuous improvement. The role includes maintaining and analysing management information, including KPIs and other performance metrics. The Department Manager will be an active member of key committees, including the Senior Management Team, Strategic Advisory Board, Board of Studies, Education Committee, Research Committee, EDI and Wellbeing Committee, and the Athena Swan SAT, as well as contributing to Faculty level and University working groups. Building strong relationships with academic colleagues, professional services teams, and external partners, including transnational partners in Wuhan, China, will be essential. The role requires balancing institutional risk with enabling academic activity, ensuring departmental readiness and the effective delivery of new initiatives. The post includes line management of a team of administrative and ancillary staff. We are looking for someone who is motivated by working in an educational environment and committed to making a meaningful contribution. The successful candidate will be highly organised, detail focused, and proactive, able to manage a varied and fast paced workload and work across multiple concurrent activities. They will be committed to continuous improvement, confident in solving problems, and skilled at building productive working relationships across the Department, Faculty, University services, and external partners to support and drive strategic aims and objectives, and ensure Department engagement with and successful implementation of local and University-wide projects and initiatives. They must demonstrate personal resilience and emotional intelligence in effectively dealing with a wide range of academic and professional services staff and students, as well as often complex process management challenges. This is an exciting time to join the Department of Engineering, which is continuing a period of strategic growth. Durham's unified Engineering Department is recognised as one of the strongest in the UK, with an excellent reputation for teaching, research, and graduate employability. The Department is committed to research led education and has recently achieved high national rankings, including 5th in The Complete University Guide 2026, 6th in The Guardian University Guide 2026, and 7th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026. It was also ranked 2nd in the UK for Engineering, behind only Cambridge, in a recent Institute for Fiscal Studies report on graduate earnings. The Department holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award, reflecting its commitment to diversity in STEM and its supportive, positive working culture. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing Department and make a meaningful impact on its future direction. The base location for this role is in the Department of Engineering, which is situated on the Lower Mountjoy area of the Science site. Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will need to work on campus for the majority of time but, subject to business need, may work in a hybrid capacity 1-2 days per week once established.

Salary: £93,710 - £107,294 per annum (Grade 12) Contractual hours: 37 Basis: Full-Time Job category/type: Permanent - Full-Time Job reference: REC00004861 Attachments: UoP Deputy Dean candidate pack_TECH_FINAL.pdf Job description Deputy Dean - Technology The University of Portsmouth is a global employer of choice where exceptional people create, share and apply knowledge that makes a difference. Ambition, Responsibility and Openness drive our every endeavour. Join our esteemed institution with a proven track record of success – one of only four universities in the south-east of England to achieve a prestigious Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework and ranked third of all modern universities in the UK for research power, with 77 per cent of research ranked world-leading and internationally excellent. We proudly rank among the top 140 universities globally in the Times Higher Young University World Rankings. The Role: We are seeking an exceptional academic leader to join the Faculty of Technology in our new Deputy Dean role. Supporting the Executive Dean, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across education, research, and innovation, ensuring excellence, efficiency, and a thriving, inclusive academic community. As principal deputy, you will lead faculty operations, drive academic strategy, and ensure strong performance, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in shaping a future focused portfolio aligned to student, employer, and societal needs, while leading major transformational initiatives. Key Responsibilities Shape and deliver the faculty’s academic vision, portfolio, and new programme development. Lead cross faculty transformation and strategic initiatives. Oversee operations, including planning, performance, and KPI delivery. Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements (e.g. OfS, QAA, UKVI). Support financial planning, budgeting, and resource management. Lead and develop Heads of School and senior colleagues, fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture. Contribute to institutional leadership and deputise for the Executive Dean as required. You will bring significant academic leadership experience, with a proven ability to deliver strategy, lead change, manage complexity, build and inspire high-performing teams. Location: Whilst there is a need to be in Portsmouth a few days a week, hybrid working is available for this role. Interview date: First stage interview (phone call): 26 May 2026 Interview & assessment date (In person): 12 June 2026 Contact: If you have any queries regarding this position, please contact Ruth Paterson at ruth.paterson@port.ac.uk Employer, External Only: University of Portsmouth Academic Services Ltd (UASL) Discover the advantages of joining our university. We offer a range of attractive benefits and opportunities to enhance your work experience: Competitive salary, including incremental progression within your scale. Generous pension scheme. Generous leave entitlement of 32–35 days a year, plus bank holidays, and an additional Christmas closure. Family-friendly policies supporting flexible working. Staff discounts and loyalty schemes. Staff car parking and discounted public travel. Excellent training and development opportunities. Staff wellbeing programmes. Recreation facilities, including discounted gym membership, food on campus schemes, use of the Library and staff social activities. Discounted learning. Start-up business mentoring from expert entrepreneurs via our Entrepreneurs in Residence programme. The perks don’t stop there - click ‘apply’ for further information on My Reward and Benefits UKVI Statement Prior to submitting your application, kindly ensure that you can either demonstrate or acquire the necessary right to work in the UK. If you currently do not possess the right to work in the UK, please be aware that our offer of employment is conditional upon you obtaining it. ED&I Statement We are committed to upholding the University’s values of being ambitious, open and responsible, in an inclusive working environment that promotes dignity and respect. Please note that this vacancy may be closed earlier than advertised, so early applications are advised.

Level 10: Attractive executive remuneration package available Fixed term (5 years) / Full time appointment The University of Wollongong Research Infrastructure Division is a newly centralised unit marking UOW's commitment to transforming and optimising its major research infrastructure assets. This newly centralised division significantly improves the accessibility, efficiency, manageability, and financial sustainability of these critical resources, with a future view to incorporating additional research capabilities under its unified oversight. It achieves this by providing strategic leadership, university-wide coordination, and expert oversight of key operational teams and facilities including the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, Electron Microscopy Centre (EMC), and Fluorescence Analysis Facility. Ultimately, this re-envisioned division ensures that UOW's world-class research infrastructure directly underpins and accelerates the University's research strategy and priorities for both internal researchers and external partners. About the role: We are seeking a senior leader to provide strategic and operational oversight of the University’s central microscopy facility, including advanced technologies such as cryo‑electron microscopy. This role leads specialist scientific and technical teams, ensures efficient and compliant operations, and drives innovation by maximising facility performance, utilisation and access for the University and external research community. This position suits a leader with deep technical expertise and strong operational capability, including those with an academic research background looking to transition into senior management of a world-class microscopy facility. About you: You hold a PhD or equivalent qualification in a relevant scientific discipline and bring extensive experience in advanced microscopy, including high‑level technical expertise in cryo‑electron microscopy. You have strong experience across instrumentation, sample preparation, and data and image processing, alongside a solid background managing complex research facilities. You’re an experienced leader who can grow and support diverse user communities, manage specialist scientific and technical teams, operate within compliance‑driven laboratory environments, and oversee budgets and cost‑recovery models. You have an enthusiasm for enabling world-class research, communicate effectively with researchers, academics, industry partners and suppliers, and foster a strong culture of safety and collaboration. How to apply Applicants are required to submit a cover letter detailing their skills, qualification and experience in relation to this position, along with an up-to-date CV. For a confidential discussion or further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Heath Ecroyd, Interim Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) via email: heathe@uow.edu.au  Position description Closing date: 11.55pm 24 May 2026 As required by federal legislation, prospective employees are required to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender based Violence, during their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process. Any such declaration will be included in the University’s employment screening processes and will be treated with the strictest confidence and in compliance with all privacy legislation.