Head of Department _ Management Science – 0447-26

Head of Department – Management Science

Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK

Salary: Senior Salary (Full time, fixed term)

Term of office: 4‑year secondment, renewable for one further term; upon completion revert to substantive position.

Responsibilities:

• Provide academic leadership for the Department, managing and developing staff, teaching, research and engagement activities.
• Represent the Department to the Faculty and the University.
• Encourage and develop excellence in teaching, research and engagement across colleagues.
• Other responsibilities detailed in the HoD ’Role and Major Areas of Responsibility’ document.

Qualifications:

• Existing member of academic staff within the Department of Management Science.
• Contract of employment at the University extending for at least four years upon appointment to HoD.
• Applicant normally at professorial level; Senior Lecturer or Senior Teaching Fellow considered on an exceptional basis.
• Only current employees of Lancaster University are eligible to apply.

Benefits and Rewards:

• Non‑superannuable salary supplement equivalent to one increment on salary scale (professorial) or two increments for Senior Lecturers/Senior Teaching Fellows.
• Head of Department annual allowance, non‑superannuable.
• Option to consolidate allowance into salary on a permanent basis upon successful performance.
• Sabbatical/AREL leave eligibility after term of office, subject to agreement with the Dean.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the Department and supporting family‑friendly, flexible, and agile working policies on an individual basis.

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