Associate Director Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICEAD2020)

INTERNAL VACANCY

Associate Director: Practice

Associate Director: Theory, History and Policy

Your discipline. Your passion. Our success, together. 

About You 

You will have an established international reputation as an outstanding researcher and/or practitioner in one of the fields relevant to the Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE), and you will engage with academic and professional networks through active membership of associations, societies, industry or policy contacts and professional bodies. You will have the ability to integrate research and teaching, and have demonstrable experience of close collaborative working with other academics and professionals outside academia, evidenced through successful experience of joint working on funded research and/or knowledge exchange projects.

To be successful, you will have an extensive national and international network in academic or cultural fields to facilitate events, research collaboration, knowledge exchange and student opportunities at ICE.

About the Role

ICE seeks two creative, knowledgeable, and committed individuals with good people skills to work with external partners and Edge Hill colleagues to grow research and knowledge exchange activity in our cognate subjects.

ICE seeks to appoint an Associate Director (Practice) from within a practice-based research area and an Associate Director (Theory, History and Policy) from a humanities or social science discipline. The Associate Directors will be expected to commit 0.2 FTE  to the work of ICE.

ICE is Edge Hill University's hub for connecting ideas and people within the University to the creative and digital economy. We work with cultural organisations and academics partners locally, nationally and internationally. As Associate Director, working with colleagues and external collaborators, you will have the opportunity to develop your own programmes of research and to develop the research culture across Edge Hill University.

These roles are a secondment opportunity and are only available to internal candidates currently employed by Edge Hill University. 

Rewards/Benefits

We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.

From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer various routes for progression, a range of specialist development sessions and academic development opportunities along with an award winning and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence Awards 2017). 

This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University.

About Us

 “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

We are recognised for our outstanding achievements in student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment and innovation as well as our strengthening research profile, investment and growth. The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award also celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.

Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact: Martin McQuillan at martin.mcquillan@edgehill.ac.uk.

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society

Closing Date: 26 Nov 2020
Category: Internal