The Faculty of Education seeks to appoint a Director of Research to assume directorship of the Faculty's third stream activity and to align it to the Faculty's research strategy. The postholder will ensure successful delivery of an existing portfolio of international contracts, including those held in collaboration with CIE, and will secure new business and direct its coordination. The Faculty anticipates a number of impact cases as outcomes of the various projects and these cases are expected to form part of the Faculty's next REF submission.
The successful candidate will have entrepreneurial capability and will be experienced in financial and research management, with experience of senior leadership in HE. He/she will have worked in international contexts, negotiating third-stream projects and activities, with a developed knowledge and understanding of teacher education and CPD for teachers. He/she will hold a PhD or equivalent postgraduate qualification. Further information can be found in the Further Particulars for the post.
The post will become vacant on 1 January 2016 on the retirement of the current postholder.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 December 2016 in the first instance.
To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8568. This will take you to the role on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. There you will need to click on the 'Apply online' button and register an account with the University's Web Recruitment System (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of the Faculty, Professor Geoff Hayward, gfh22@cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference JR07499 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
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