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The University of Manchester is one of the world’s leading universities, renowned for excellence in research, teaching and social responsibility. Celebrating its bicentenary in 2024, Manchester has a proud legacy of discovery – from splitting the atom to creating graphene. Ranked 34th globally and 6th in the UK (QS 2025), and 2nd worldwide in the THE Impact Rankings for its work on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the University continues to shape the world through research, innovation and education. The Faculty of Humanities, Manchester’s largest, brings together over 21,000 students and 2,450 staff across four Schools: Alliance Manchester Business School; Arts, Languages and Cultures; Environment, Education and Development; and Social Sciences. With a strong international profile, the Faculty delivers world-class education and research that address global challenges in sustainability, inequality and economic development. The University now seeks to appoint an exceptional Vice-Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students within the Faculty of Humanities. This senior academic leadership position is responsible for shaping, delivering and enhancing the Faculty’s priorities for teaching, learning and the student experience, in alignment with the University’s Manchester 2035 strategy. The Vice-Dean for TLS will provide strategic leadership in developing and implementing the Faculty’s teaching, learning and student experience priorities. The postholder will champion innovation in curriculum design, assessment, digital education and inclusive teaching, fostering a culture of continuous improvement informed by data, student feedback and external benchmarks. A key focus will be on advancing flexible, personalised and digitally enabled learning, and making partner-enabled learning a signature of every Manchester degree. The role oversees the quality and consistency of the student journey, from recruitment and induction through to graduation and employment, and promotes student engagement, co-creation and the integration of the student voice in decision-making. The Vice-Dean will also drive initiatives to widen participation and promote social mobility, supporting the University’s ambition to deliver a transformative, values-led education for a diverse and global student body. Working collaboratively across the Faculty and University, the Vice-Dean will represent the Faculty internally and externally at the highest level. Applicants must be at professorial level, with a distinguished academic record and significant experience in higher education teaching and learning. They should demonstrate proven leadership in educational innovation and enhancement, a strong understanding of the UK higher education landscape, including quality assurance and regulatory frameworks, and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to The University of Manchester on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference IMNX. Alternatively email Belinda.beck@saxbam.com. Applications should be received by noon on Monday 12 January 2026.

Ref.: 533931 Work type: Full-time Department: Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine (20700) Categories: Senior Research Staff & Post-doctoral Fellow Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow (several posts) in the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine (Ref.: 533931), to commence as soon as possible for one or two years, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance. These posts are created specifically to bring new impetus and talent to the University’s research enterprise, and to meet the strategic research needs identified by the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine. Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree with extensive research experience in cellular and molecular biology, cancer biology, immunology or virology; and preferably with basic laboratory skills of animal studies (mouse models). The appointees will conduct research projects related to influenza virus, coronavirus, or Epstein-Barr virus under the supervision of Professor Honglin Chen. The appointee may work off-campus occasionally on collaboration projects with other academic institutions and companies. Please find more details for research projects under Professor Honglin Chen’s lead at https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00383. Those who have responded to the previous advertisement (Ref.: 526990) need not re-apply. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. The University only accepts online application for the above posts. Applicants should apply online, upload a cover letter and an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until March 31, 2026, or until the posts are filled, whichever is earlier.

About us: King’s College London is a world-leading university based in the heart of London with 40,000 students from over 150 countries studying in person and online, and over 12,000 employees. This is an exciting time to join King’s College London as we establish a new Talent team embedded within HR. The creation of the team reflects the renewed focus and strategic priority to enhance our talent management capabilities across both our academic and professional services workforce. About the role: One of the key pillars of King’s 2030 strategy is ‘Enabling our People to Excel’, and the talent, commitment, and creativity of our people are at the heart of King’s success. The Talent team is responsible for developing a new strategy and setting up active talent management, including assessing and identifying high potential, retaining and developing talent, enabling and embedding a high-performance culture, and the creation of new career pathways. We are looking for someone to join us for c.10 months to help the strategic development of a Talent function to support university ambitions, working alongside HR colleagues, including the Organisational Development Team. There is an opportunity to make a real impact by bringing best practice and innovation into King’s. For further information, or for an informal conversation please contact the Director of Talent rebecca.russell@kcl.ac.uk. To apply please submit a CV and supporting statement (1 page) setting out your relevant experience through the King’s job pages. This is a full time role (35 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 01-Jan-2027 or until the return of the substantive post holder. About you: To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria Evidence of designing and implementing career and talent management activities such as succession plans and developing methodologies to assess high potential. Experience in designing and embedding career pathways across all layers of a large organisation. Knowledge of best practice process improvement and the capability to leverage available technology, data and reporting to improve new and existing processes. Experience of how to successfully roll out new initiatives in a large and complex organisation. Excellent written, listening and communication skills. Strategic thinker with operational delivery expertise. Proven analytical and problem-solving capability, and the ability to work independently. Comfortable with ambiguity, and able to flex to provide effective solutions to meet our stakeholders' evolving needs. Desirable criteria Experience of working in higher education, government or the public sector. Educated to degree level, or equivalent. Experience of working in a large and complex organisation. Experience of leading centralised performance management initiatives, including the delivery and reporting of annual performance reviews.  Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. Further information: We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. Interviews are due to be held on 15th January 2026.  Grade and Salary: £53,947 - £63,350 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Job ID: 133146 Close Date: 04-Jan-2026 Contact Person: Rebecca Russell Contact Details: Rebecca.russell@kcl.ac.uk